Interviewed for Monday morning's Today programme, he emphasised the way he was working with his local Labour council to
tackle gang culture in Waltham Forest, London.
Eventually, Trippi believes that we'll laugh off minor gaffes like this, but at the moment, the Internet is encouraging a
culture of authenticity at the same time that rival campaigns, the media, blogs, etc., will
gang -
tackle a candidate (or celebrity) for the slightest public or private mistake.