tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post3524703219511676318..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: Clueless IIOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-43546839250078671252009-04-03T15:56:00.000+01:002009-04-03T15:56:00.000+01:0050 to 60 years ago, Ministers would honourably res...50 to 60 years ago, Ministers would honourably resign when they at best had made a mistake of this magnitude when reporting to Parliament, or at worst were caught having told deliberate untruths! Nowadays, it seems anything goes if you are a minister & say something as patently wrong as this in Parliament - the equivalent of a court. <BR/><BR/>Similarly, if as a minister you fiddle your parliamentary expenses or tax returns, or conceal the receipt of campaign funds that for one reason or another are ineligible, that no longer seems enough to unseat you. But if an ordinary citizen lies under oath, the punishment is rightly severe. <BR/><BR/>What a contrast! What hypocrisy! And what a lamentable shower this Labour government is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-22196105814715969152009-04-03T15:55:00.000+01:002009-04-03T15:55:00.000+01:0050 to 60 years ago, Ministers would honourably res...50 to 60 years ago, Ministers would honourably resign when they at best had made a mistake of this magnitude when reporting to Parliament, or at worst were caught having told deliberate untruths! Nowadays, it seems anything goes if you are a minister & say something as patently wrong as this in Parliament - the equivalent of a court. <BR/><BR/>Similarly, if as a minister you fiddle your parliamentary expenses or tax returns, or conceal the receipt of campaign funds that for one reason or another are ineligible, that no longer seems enough to unseat you. But if an ordinary citizen lies under oath, the punishment is rightly severe. <BR/><BR/>What a contrast! What hypocrisy! And what a lamentable shower this Labour government is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com