They really don't get it

The BBC website seeks to explain the Jowell affair (here):

"The Conservatives have asked the Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell to examine whether Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has breached ministers' code of conduct. What is it all about?
How did this start?
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell's husband David Mills is a corporate lawyer who is being investigated by Italian prosecutors over claims he was given £350,000 in return for helpful testimony in a corruption probe into Italian premier and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi in 1997. British police raided Mr Mills' office and the home he shares with Ms Jowell on 10 February on the request of Italian prosecutors. The prosecutors have now passed their information on to a judge in Italy who is considering whether there is any case to answer. Mr Mills denies absolutely doing anything wrong and denies that the money came from anyone connected with Mr Berlusconi, but that it came from another client.
Why has Ms Jowell been drawn into the controversy?
The Sunday Times alleges it has identified a link between a loan secured on a house the couple jointly own and the money the Italian prosecutors allege was a bribe. Ms Jowell and her husband jointly signed the mortgage loan application form which raised £400,000. It was reportedly paid off only weeks later - although Ms Jowell has categorically denied it was paid off with money from Mr Berlusconi."

In one sense, it does not matter if Ms Jowell has or has not broken the rules. Labour voters are not daft. Ms Jowell has a number of strikes against her. She and her husband are comfortable taking out a mortgage of £400,000 (a sum way beyond the reach of most of us) and paying it back within weeks (strike 1). She is married to an international corporate lawyer (strike 2) who is allegedly mainly engaged in establishing vehicles for tax avoidance (strike 3), and is associated with Mr Berlusconi (strike 4). This is not the sort of behaviour expected of labour cabinet ministers. The metropolitan elite may dismiss this as unfair; they can put it down to envy or ignorance of the realities of the charmed life led by our leaders. But, even if she survives the next few days, Ms Jowell's career is destined to fade away.