Personal Should Be Personal

For once I agree with Red Ken. It is an odd feeling; not that pleasant. In fact, it makes me feel a little dirty. However, on the subject of his fertile loins and the subsequent sprogs, he is pretty much spot on:

“I don’t think anybody in this city will be shocked by what two consenting adults do, as long as you don’t include children, animals and vegetables.”

Seems a little bit harsh on the vegetable fetishists, but aside from that, he’s right. His personal life should be an irrelevance. Ken could have 12 children, and it doesn’t matter one jot. I’m more concerned about the rise in crime in London. Or his propensity to spend money like it is going out of fashion. Those things actually matter. His kids shouldn’t – at least for the voters.

Likewise, who cares if Nick Clegg as played hide the chipolata with 30-odd women? It shouldn’t matter whether he has touted his pork sausage about a bit or lived like a frickin’ monk. The personal life of Nick Clegg – and any other politician – should be irrelevant, as long as it does not impact on their abilities to do their job.

So don’t vote against Ken because of his kids. Don’t vote against Clegg because of his claim of numerous lovers. There are enough policy and competence reasons to vote against both of those guys; there is no reason to give a flying fuck about their personal lives. Let’s leave behind the prudish morals for the 1950’s, and instead focus on their politics. That way we might get competent politicians in power, as opposed to those who are elected simply because they would fit into a 1950’s US sitcom without any problems.