Dr Phillip Lee is a GP based in the Thames Valley and fought Blaenau Gwent at the 2005 general election. Here he laments the way in which the planned Labour smear operation sought to exploit the taboo of mental illness and asserts that now more than ever is the time for the Conservatives to show compassion for the vulnerable in society.
When one reflects upon the recent Westminster scandal involving Messrs McBride and Draper (et al.), it is sad to conclude that in today's Britain such behaviour is viewed with a certain sense of tired resignation.
In a country where Saturday night televisual fayre can involve the ritual humiliation of the mentally unwell on The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent; where one TV channel's top-rating show involves watching "housemates" behaving disgracefully towards each other and being "rewarded" with celebrity for doing so; and where the awful phenomenon of "happy slapping" can be viewed as an acceptable form of entertainment by some of our younger generation, is it any wonder that the behaviour of Brown's bullies was accepted by some senior supporters and employees of the Labour movement?
It would appear that bullying has become de rigueur in Labour's Britain. Where has Mr Brown's moral compass gone? What of engendering respect for others, compassion for the needy and concentrating on the proper governance of this great country?
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