A year out of jail, disgraced former Labour MP Phillip Field has launched a hateful tirade against his former party, describing it as “infested” with homosexuals. In an interview with Fairfax, he says Labour has been “contaminated” by liberal policy. "There is a perception that they are controlled by homosexuals. It's like a smell that won't go away,” he says. He says the former government's focus on issues like prostitution, civil unions and anti-smacking distracted from the important issues and was the "death nail in the coffin of the Labour Party". "You are going to have a generation of children grow up who think it is OK to have two mums and two dads. This is a contradiction of the word of God." The former Mangere MP was jailed for six years in October 2009 after he was found guilty of 11 charges of bribery and corruption and 15 counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice. The decision was upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Field insists he is innocent and the charges and conviction were the result of corruption because he stood up to the government. He has also compared himself to South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela. Field is writing a book about his experience in Parliament and prison.
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First published: Sunday, 25th November 2012 - 11:53am