archer had to resign because of a scandal in october 1986 when the sunday newspaper "the news of the world" led on the story "tory boss archer pays vice-girl". the article claimed that archer had paid monica coghlan, a prostitute, £2000 through another person at waterloo station to go abroad. unlike the "daily star", the newspaper did not allege that archer had actually slept with coghlan. archer sued the "daily star".