Informative responses

The Whig seems to be a little sensitive about the Deborah Coddington - Roger Kerr thing (perhaps because it's the latest in a long line of bad news about his declining party). Unfortunately, in his despair and outrage, he's missed the thrust of my post entirely. I'm not interested at all in the details of Coddington's - or anybody else's - private life. I am however interested in the response of the ACT Party, because it is quite revealing about their attitudes and hence likely policy positions. And that response doesn't look too good.

Coddington was sexually harassed. ACT's response is that she shouldn't have made a fuss or complained, for fear of damaging the party. That's not explicitly sexist, but at the same time it speaks volumes about their attitude towards such matters, and it is certainly something that women voters - or women thinking of working for ACT - will find informative.