On topic, I think Tony Bennett is a very sad individual who has failed in everything he has turned his hand to.
He has most recently been soundly taken to task (and given a criminal record) for his attacking (with lies and deceit) of the parents of a missing little girl. His unwarranted interference in this case has brought shame upon him and his family. Will his grandchildren be proud that their grandfather is a criminal? Is his brother who wrote a letter in mitigation for him really proud of his continued abuse of the parents of Madeleine?
His failure as a solicitor is demonstrated by his dressing down whilst in that profession for what looked very much like fraud, his early withdrawal from that profession and his most recent court case where he showed undiluted ignorance of the most basic rules of law.
His failure as a politician is legend. Its interesting that he has gone back to his roots in the far right to find a solicitor who he could work with.
But beyond the sad picture that Bennett portrays, I think there are other signs of something more sinister. His obsession with homosexuality, with paedophilia and with other deviancy is most peculiar. Again, I refer to his grandchildren and wonder if they should be proud of the postings that he has made over the years on these subjects.
To my mind, he is a criminal who does not have any understanding of the responsibilities which go with the kinds of activities which he obsessively meddles in. The Judge made that very point about him, mentioning that he had no understanding of the fact that his rights do not come without responsibility. He has ignored his responsibility to his own family, to the concept of truth and to society in general in his blinkered, obsessive desire to achieve what he believes are his rights.
He is neither fervent nor misguided. He is, in my view, an obsessive who does not recognise the views/rights of others and who, because of that, drives headlong to failure in everything he ever tries to do.
