tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25372770.post114957350660632296..comments2023-11-05T22:47:04.715+11:00Comments on backin15: Mark Latham is not a criminalbackin15http://www.blogger.com/profile/16526191748394549650noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25372770.post-1150365027242800392006-06-15T19:50:00.000+10:002006-06-15T19:50:00.000+10:00again I agree ... the attacks on DPB seemed partic...again I agree ... the attacks on DPB seemed particularly vicious and Collins role really surprised me - I wasn't sure why she made some many hysterical comments? Perhaps she was competing with Hide for the right to scalp him should it come to that - an odd little mob really.backin15https://www.blogger.com/profile/16526191748394549650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25372770.post-1149981246614465082006-06-11T09:14:00.000+10:002006-06-11T09:14:00.000+10:00I agree with both your comments, but I sense that ...I agree with both your comments, but I sense that things are changing. Politcians historical mistakes and their family life are becoming more common targets of media comment. Sadly, some policians have encouraged this, David Benson-Pope doing a photo-op with his family the day after Judith Collins made a fresh series of allegations against his family being a case in point.<BR/><BR/>You are right Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25372770.post-1149639900116571402006-06-07T10:25:00.000+10:002006-06-07T10:25:00.000+10:00Good points. Sadly though, Latham has a poor track...Good points. Sadly though, Latham has a poor track record which means any transgression is seen as further evidence that he's a bovver boy.<BR/><BR/>I do think that politicians private lives should be generally excluded from the media. I remember when Shipley was PM she frequently wandered around the Te Papa site with family members and was generally left alone.<BR/><BR/>I also agree that our backin15https://www.blogger.com/profile/16526191748394549650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25372770.post-1149637270532520352006-06-07T09:41:00.000+10:002006-06-07T09:41:00.000+10:00I can understand the temptation Latham clearly did...I can understand the temptation Latham clearly didn't have the willpower to resist! Surely the bigger issue is the extent to which we believe that going into politics means giving up your right (and the right of your family) to have a private life?<BR/><BR/>If the private lives of political leaders are going to be fair game, coupled with the fact that most of them could earn a lot more elsewhere,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com