`` It 's not about presenting the lurid details of an affair , '' he said . Observers fear a sex scandal in New Zealand local politics could usher in a new era of sleaze . The country's current political system is dominated by the National Party, which has been led since 2008 by Prime Minister John Key. His former mistress , 25 years his junior , says she now wants to apologize . She claims to have been manipulated by another lover who worked for Brown 's rival .
Observers fear a sex scandal in New Zealand local politics could usher in a new era of sleaze . The country's current political system is dominated by the National Party, which has been led since 2008 by Prime Minister John Key. His former mistress , 25 years his junior , says she now wants to apologize . She claims to have been manipulated by another lover who worked for Brown 's rival .