CD - No objection to a neighbour calling the cops but sending a recording to the Guardian when the cops found no problem, combined with boasting about giving Boris the finger previously smacks of nothing other than an opportunity for a stitch up and I think they deserve the criticism they have received.
I have mixed feelings about Boris and am disappointed by most politicians but I don't give a monkeys that he and his girlfriend had a flaming row. It happens.
The media and any opposition of course love it. The Independent published an entire article about male abuse in relation to this published row, even though none occurred.
One neighbour said he (Boris) sounded relatively calm and it was she that was doing all the shouting and screaming. Her ex implied she was pretty high maintenance and a nightmare when things are rocky.
In summary my opinion is that it is old news, a private issue and not in the public interest given that it was no more than a verbal domestic. While Penn's claims that he called the police because he feared for her safety are acceptable, his sending the recording immediately to the Guardian under some innocent pretence that it was the right thing to do is not (IMO) justified. I have no doubt that Penn and Leigh were rubbing their hands with smug glee when they sent that recording, hoping that it would do as much damage as possible. To some extent they succeeded but they must be pretty naïve to be surprised by the criticism they have received from some people. I hope the Guardian didn't pay them.
All that we are is what we have thought.
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. Not sure whether he meant by firing squad or the gas chamber? Who know's.Nice guy eh!
