tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post1205273563286354735..comments2024-03-25T12:55:40.911+00:00Comments on Caron's Musings: What we're all missing in the Mike Hancock affairAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-7071001931687140312011-10-21T09:25:53.826+01:002011-10-21T09:25:53.826+01:00The other thing we are missing is the press releas...The other thing we are missing is the press release from Portsmouth Liberal Democrats that says: <br /><br />"After fourteen years service Mike Hancock MP has announced he will not be contesting the 2015 General Election and will step down as the MP for Portsmouth at the end of his current term."<br /><br />The man has been a shabby embarassment for much of his career, and banal tributes to his 'hard work' locally and ability to stick a lot of leaflets through doors is hardly an excuse for behaviour that would see him sacked from any senior position in a serious organisation. <br /><br />What we have learnt from 'spygate' and the txt-message scandal earlier this year is that he is either foolish old man, or a capricious lech who uses his position to target young and vulnerable women, or both. <br /><br />What about either of those qualifications does our party think makes him suitable to represent us?<br /><br />What impact do we think our passive tolerance for eccentric sleazeballs has on our ability to diversify party representation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-3592600664119117922011-10-20T14:44:32.037+01:002011-10-20T14:44:32.037+01:00If she is not a spy, do you not feel any unease ab...If she is not a spy, do you not feel any unease about this older man using his employment of this young women to probably exploit her in return for sex?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-60711988184982010772011-10-20T13:17:14.064+01:002011-10-20T13:17:14.064+01:00You can't prove such a thing really. The likel...You can't prove such a thing really. The likelihood of her winning her case are low to ziltch - closer to ziltch. Like you the case concerns me - certainly the fact that MI5 didn't care less until the Anna Chapman case and then they suddenly saw a Russian person in a similar position and did the old 2+2 thing.Neil Monneryhttp://www.neilmonnery.co.uknoreply@blogger.com