A thread on ex-MPs and their behaviour 1/
David Garrett (yes this David Garrett) has been sending me emails for years. Some are fine, some are deeply unpleasant (they lean towards the latter) http://i.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/6082942/I-was-a-roughneck-by-occupation-and-by-behaviour
'I was a roughneck by occupation and by behaviour'

A year after a bizarre scandal wrecked his career, former ACT MP David Garrett says his life has been destroyed.

http://i.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/6082942/I-was-a-roughneck-by-occupation-and-by-behaviour
Most are goading me about my journalism being biased and unbalanced. I generally reply and send him published evidence to refute that. I keep it civil (because I’m an adult)
Today he emailed again within a couple of hours of the Lees-Galloway announcement, demanding to know when I would be publishing about it - again accusing me of bias. So I phoned him and asked him to stop hassling me. I was firm but not abusive
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