Clarke Gayford: New Zealand police deny PM's partner is under investigation [View all]
Source: Guardian
Highly unusual move follows months of increasingly vicious innuendo and untrue allegations on rightwing blogs about Jacinda Ardern’s partner
New Zealand police have taken the highly unusual step of issuing a public statement clearing the prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s partner of any wrongdoing after months of malicious rumours about his personal life.
Since Ardern took office in October, her partner Clarke Gayford, a television fishing presenter, has been subjected to increasingly vicious innuendo and gossip on rightwing blogs, social media and through word of mouth.
The prime minister has refused to comment on what she called “dirty politics”.
“It is unclear at this stage if this is an orchestrated campaign and therefore dirty politics or organic ... but there are signs it could be orchestrated.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/02/clarke-gayford-new-zealand-police-deny-pms-partner-is-under-investigation
This displays what is happening all over the world. RW trolls are working hard to sabotage healthy democracies.
To me, this sounds like the Russian's MO.
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