Fair enough.He's only human. The demotion impacted his household...

Fair enough.He's only human. The demotion impacted his household budget. Kids in private school and bills to pay. That's why he had to go into deeper debt by remortgaging his house to tide him over until he got his promotion and pay rise.
Probably why he rorted his parliamentary expenses rather than paying his own way for some of the dubious expenditure.