Gervase, when it becomes a personal vendetta against an individual, I think a line should be drawn. Yes, a person who runs for political office is a public figure and loses some right to privacy because of that.

However, if that person is a member of our community, then I think he/she deserves some privacy and protection within the community. You can address a political debate quite completely without personalizing it. If the person concerned says or does something that warrants discussion, then discussion may be appropriate. The fact that the person ran as a BNP candidate is certainly worthy of reasonable discussion, but we long ago reached a point where we had beaten the topic into the ground. Then it's time to come up with more information to discuss, or to shut up.

Your approach, however, bordered on stalking. BNP candidate or not, the person is a human being. And Royston, since you state that you know nothing about MBSGeorge, then I suggest you should talk about what you do know. When you find something out that's factual, then come back and tell us.

-Joe-