A Decent Man
Politics is a rough old business sometimes.
But whatever your politics it's hard not to feel sorry for Alan Johnson - who has decided to resign his position as Labour's Shadow Chancellor - for personal reasons.
Alan Johnson is an avuncular, likeable kind of guy - too self-effacing and nice for his own good probably - but in a former life he was a general secretary for the Post Office workers union.
A committed trade unionist all his life - yet fair minded and decent - a Labour loyalist to be true - but not a boring ideologue or completely blinkered and partisan in his views.
A decent human being in other words - so let's hope he finds some peace - and is allowed to sort out the problems in his personal life - away from the glare of the media.
But whatever your politics it's hard not to feel sorry for Alan Johnson - who has decided to resign his position as Labour's Shadow Chancellor - for personal reasons.
Alan Johnson is an avuncular, likeable kind of guy - too self-effacing and nice for his own good probably - but in a former life he was a general secretary for the Post Office workers union.
A committed trade unionist all his life - yet fair minded and decent - a Labour loyalist to be true - but not a boring ideologue or completely blinkered and partisan in his views.
A decent human being in other words - so let's hope he finds some peace - and is allowed to sort out the problems in his personal life - away from the glare of the media.
