Withdrawal from ACT VP contest

I blogged on the 27th of January about how comments on a blog referring to the PM as “John the Jew” were made by someone seeking the Vice-Presidency of ACT. I said:

Now ACT can not control which of its members stand for office and the comments of one member is no reflection on them. But this may help their members with their voting decisions …

But a reader has emailed me to say that Mr Campbell has resigned his membership of ACT, which automatically means he has withdrawn from the contest for the Vice-Presidency.

I don’t think he needed to resign from the party, but I do think it is a good outcome that he has withdrawn from the Vice-Presidential contest. If you seek senior office within a political party, you need to be aware that what you say can reflect on your party, and not just you.

UPDATE: Murray has more details on this.