Peter Slipper - what goes around , comes around, page-12

He's offering up the "depression" excuse. My feeling is that he's allegedly depressed because of the situation he now finds himself in.

Too many deviants commit malfiance then hide behind a mental disorder. He was well and dandy to take up the Speaker's position wasn't he?

Now life is getting a little hard and he wants a get out of jail card.

The cameras in Oxford Street don't lie. His poor wife must wonder who he really is.