Trial by Media

o Maugham QC
@JolyonMaugham

I see the Mail is going after the teacher who helped expose the lies and law breaking of Cummings. What a nasty bully it is.

Do you think that if the people in the media decide that they don't like someone they give them a kick like bullying kids in the school playground and go on kicking them until they're down?
If you're in the public eye you must be seen to be squeaky clean or you'll get this treatment. We must all abide by the rules. Politicians and their ilk always try to wriggle out of their responsibilities while telling others what to do.

and according to the Police

The problem with pointing the finger at someone for wrongdoing is that you’d better be not doing something dodgy yourself.

As much as we dislike people breaking guidelines put in place to protect us (Cummings should have resigned or been sacked), we abhor hypocrisy even more. The teacher and the runner have made themselves look like complete plonkers!