Last time the Lib Dems had a leadership election, I couldn't help feeling that a lot of the sudden revelations about people's private lives, from Kennedy's drinking to Hughes' illicit liaisons, had come from Campbell's camp. It really put me off voting for the party. (I've been voting LD for some years; round here the only choice is between the bog three and the occasional BNP candidate.) I didn't care about his age, but that dirty election really put me off.
Don't know where you got that from. I'm a party member and I've never heard that.
I think the tabloid media simply digged into their private lives, as they always do, and turned up gold. I don't think Ming Campbell made Mark Oaten's rent boy come forward.
I just think the media obsession with his age resulted in no one bothering to learn more about him.
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Date: 2007-10-16 08:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-16 05:12 pm (UTC)I think the tabloid media simply digged into their private lives, as they always do, and turned up gold. I don't think Ming Campbell made Mark Oaten's rent boy come forward.
I just think the media obsession with his age resulted in no one bothering to learn more about him.