The occasional tossers – probably lefties and greenies – makes derogatory and always-unjustified comments about Alf on this blog.
Now and again tart remarks are made about him in the Parliamentary debating chamber (and much more obviously lefties and greenies are his verbal assailants).
But that’s to be expected. We are politicking in the chamber on those occasions and only now and again do differences spill over into a bit of physical argy-bargy.
But Alf has not experienced the threats and abuse that apparently have troubled other MPs out in the community
No doubt that’s because of his avuncular charm.
Perhaps if other MPs were similarly charming they would avoid some of the difficulties they and their families experience.