Gloria’s constituents are amazed to read about the local MP’s affair with her researcher in the local tabloid. As the shocked factory girls pour over the article, smug Steph admires her handiwork. With Gloria holding a constituent surgery in the village hall the interested locals queue up to speak to the philandering MP. However Gloria is blissfully unaware that her secret is in the public domain, until a discourteous Viv presents her with the article. Meanwhile, Eric reads the newspaper and is devastated by the revelations about his estranged wife. Confronted with the gossip about her affair, Gloria is unable to deny the allegations that are plastered all over the papers. With Gloria out of the picture Steph is quick to offer Eric a shoulder to cry on. Marlon is ecstatic when he hears tha