Candidates’ election campaign leaflets are legally required to include the name of their agent or promoter. Challenor’s leaflets for both campaigns, seen by The Sunday Times, did not show her father’s correct name, instead giving it as “Baloo Challenor”.
Isn't this a breech of electoral law which Aimee IS responsible for. The purpose of naming the agent is so there is transparency and the agent can be traced. If you put a nickname on, how can this be done.
There ARE questions here.
I'm very much with Pywife here.
Also acceptance and reducing prejudice is about bringing people along with you. Unfortunately this whole situation really rather undermines that process by highlighting the very concerns that have been swept under the carpet.
Politics is suffering from a massive lack of trust atm. Thats down to lack of transparency and the inability of political parties to keep their house in order. Its attracting far too many people who aren't honest about their past or their vested interests. Again transparency.
Yet another political party, sweeping yet another political scandal under the carpet is the last thing politics needs. They need to be seen to take concerns seriously and to listen to what bothers the public about certain issues, and stop just taking the line of 'protecting their own'. Its about much bigger issues than individuals. Protecting individuals at the expense of political trust and transparency is potentially harmful to the most vulnerable.
The whole story is desparately sad. From every angle. But especially from the angle of the little girl - and issues surrounding here should be absolutely the most central.