In early 1999, Paddy Ashdown, then the leader of Britain’s Liberal Democratic Party (and since then, as Lord Ashdown, Europe’s envoy in Bosnia), was found with a woman not his wife and forced to resign his post. In his diaries, he describes calling on Prime Minister Tony Blair to inform him in advance of his intention to quit:
1999年年初，当时的英国自由民主党领导人阿什顿 (自此以后就是欧洲驻波斯尼亚特使阿什顿勋爵) 被发现和一名不是妻子的女子在一起而被迫辞职。他在日记中描述了要求布莱尔首相提前通知他辞职的打算。