I don't care what he says in private. I know the sort of conversations I have with colleagues about kids/parents that I get frustrated with - I'm just glad we don't have to wear microphones!
What has annoyed me is the way this woman was hounded by the press - that seems wrong. Brown is fair game, as are the others, but if it were my mum being chased down the street by a bunch of journalists doing the old "oo-er, do you know what he just called you?" juvenile bullshit in order to make a story, I'd be on to the press complaints people. Bigot or not, she doesn't deserve that.