Repute and Disrepute

I don't often blog about party machinations but can I just say that it seems to me that repute in politics is often gained by using all the legal ways possible to get the argument across for your constituents, especially against the rich and powerful who threaten to take their toys home if they don't get their way, whilst disrepute is most often gained by trying to silence those same people.

And all over an issue in which party discipline is at least frowned upon if not illegal.