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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/smith-opens-up-about-porn-scandal.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Former home secretary Jacqui Smith has talked about the porn scandal which ended her career in an interview with Radio Times" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-smith-opens-up-about-porn-scandal.jpg" alt="Former home secretary Jacqui Smith has talked about the porn scandal which ended her career in an interview with Radio Times"/></a></p>
<p>Former home secretary Jacqui Smith has opened up about the porn scandal which ended her career and has suggested her expenses were scrutinised more because she is a woman.</p>
<p>The former MP &#8211; who lost her seat at the last general election &#8211; said her expenses were examined first because there was a view that as a woman she should have been devoting more time to looking after her husband and children.</p>
<p>In a new interview with Radio Times, Ms Smith dismissed whispers that it was her eldest son, rather than her husband, who had watched sex films which were claimed on expenses.</p>
<p>Her claims caused a stir two years ago when it emerged that her husband Richard Timney, who also ran her constituency office, had watched pay-per-view movies which had then been subject to a claim for reimbursement.</p>
<p>The furore &#8211; compounded with claims over her main residence &#8211; led to her resigning as the first female home secretary and taking a back bench position until last May, when she lost her seat.</p>
<p>Smith, who posed for the magazine in a mac while walking around London&#8217;s Soho which has long had a reputation for its thriving sex shop trade, said it was her gender which led to people targeting her claims.</p>
<p>&#8220;(I) know that it was my expenses people looked at first because I was a woman and should have been at home looking after my husband and children,&#8221; said the mother of two.</p>
<p>She said that she felt &#8220;protective&#8221; towards her husband because of the contributions he made to the family which she was unable to do.</p>
<p>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t have done the job without Richard to pick the boys up when they were sick, make them do their homework and piano practice.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ms Smith will be heard presenting a documentary about pornography for Radio 5 Live next Thursday. She said it was a &#8220;very brave&#8221; way to head off the controversy, and hopes it may lead to further opportunities as a broadcaster.</p>
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