I’m human, really I am!
Gordon Brown was at it too.
Any parent can understand the anguish of a bereaved father. But Gordon Brown must have been asked before he went onto the Piers Morgan interview whether he minded questions about the tragic death of his baby. He could have refused questions about his family.
Maybe I’m just a sad old cynic, but I am pretty certain Brown and his media people weighed up the political pros and cons and decided it might just humanise Brown’s rusty old image if he could be seen to be emoting.
Cameron did the same at his conference last year, though he stopped short of squeezing out a tear. It would be far better if politicians kept their family affairs, however sad and tragic, to themselves. Then their complaints when the media intrude on their private lives might be more convincing.
