I'm local, he's my state M.P. The reason he was re-elected was because he was (and undoubtedly still is) extremely popular with the kind of people who live in this part of the world - by which I mean (mainly) white and well-off. He's without doubt one of the slimiest most vile and repugnant people I've ever met, but he has this base he's built in almost Trump-like way that loves him. Women of a certain age defend his every action on the local FB groups and are giving off very Trump-like vibes about the verdict ("how could the jury do this?" etc). He will, of course, appeal the verdict because he has literally nothing to lose by doing so.
I'm local, he's my state M.P. The reason he was re-elected was because he was (and undoubtedly still is) extremely popular with the kind of people who live in this part of the world - by which I mean (mainly) white and well-off. He's without doubt one of the slimiest most vile and repugnant people I've ever met, but he has this base he's built in almost Trump-like way that loves him. Women of a certain age defend his every action on the local FB groups and are giving off very Trump-like vibes about the verdict ("how could the jury do this?" etc). He will, of course, appeal the verdict because he has literally nothing to lose by doing so.