Poor Admiral West. Key figure in the Government's 2000 decision to repeal the ban against homosexuality in the armed forces, the ex-head of the Navy probably didn't bank on becoming a pink pin-up.
But the sartorially-acclaimed, happily married Minister put himself on Facebook, just to make friends. He included a photo of himself in that irrestible white uniform that seems to cause so many frissons in female and male landlubbers.
And now he has been so inundated by suggestive messages from gay men that he has closed his account.
Under the heading 'Hello Sailor! Facebook flirts hit on Minister,' The Sunday Times (Sun 8 2009) has more details.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article5683542.ece
You can see a great photo of him in a pirate eyepatch, partying with the saucy-looking Kathy Lette, at
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/12_03/alanwestDM1812_468x511.jpg
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