Terry Prone: Political candidates must pay attention to the person who is in front of them

Politicians should take caution when urged to show their emotions as they may be perceived as being weak

Former British prime minister John Major became known as the 'grey man' of British politics. 

His parents were music hall artists. His mistress was the mouthiest woman in politics and spewed the details of their affair in the diaries she published years later. 

After his father died, he discovered he had inherited two secret half-siblings.