Trotter column

CHRIS Trotter gives his opinion (ODT, 10.7.20) that Michael Woodhouse has committed an unforgivable political sin by standing next to a photo of a toilet seat cover with the photo of a political opponent on it.

He is also upset that Mr Woodhouse was not sacked by his leader for standing next to that toilet cover some years ago.

Can someone tell me why this is such an unforgivable political crime? I am the proud owner of a toilet brush which looks exactly like Donald Trump, the President of the United States, and I use it regularly. And I ran out of my special toilet paper with another politician on it. Toilet seats and toilet papers are advertised on the internet with photos of various people and other things on them. Politics is a hard game and that is why those who take up politics generally have a thicker skin and stronger will.

Is Mr Trotter trying to do some political propaganda or is he genuinely concerned about a bit of politicking by someone else?

Mathew Zacharias

Mosgiel

LOOKING at the behaviour of Hamish Walker, and before that of David Clark, is this the consequence of the rise of the professional politician — where people leave university with a political degree, work for someone in politics or a politicised corporation, and then migrate to being a local or national politician?

Such people have never done much else, so politics is a ‘‘job’’ rather than public service. Is it therefore not logical to expect careerist behaviour?

Given our small political pond and savagery of competition, and the sort of personality types drawn to the exercise of power in a ‘‘job’', is it not also logical to expect some of the very worst corporate advantageseeking conduct to emerge?

David Cohen

Kew

BIBLE READING: Surely the Lord has done great things. Joel 2.21.