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May 21, 2012
All that is missing from Pope's cartoon is Craig Thomson, the member for Dobell. He's a star performer. In his speech to parliament it was Thomson against the world. Under the cover of parliamentary privilege he raised the spectre of someone stealing his identity and cloning his phone to make it appear that he was engaging the services of prostitutes on his union credit card.
David Pope
He was right in his claim that the matter should run its course through the courts if charges are laid. In the court of public opinion and the media Thomson has already been tried and found guilty.
The Canberra Press gallery is preoccupied with the noise around the Thomson affair even though the economy is shredding full time jobs, teenage unemployment is rising and the money is not being spent to bring our public education system up to standard.
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Parliament should not make a judgement about Craig Thomson.That is for the courts. Until then he deserves the presumption of innocence.