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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostProbably one of my more stupid questions but.. not being at all political... surely the Gov doing U turns every so often is a good thing? It would be worse to continue down a path that has become untenable than doing a U turn no? I mean, if there was uproar every time a U turn was made in a project we'd not deliver anything cause we would be too busy complaining?Comment
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Originally posted by mattster View Post
Changing your mind on the basis of new information is healthy, but that has not happened in this case. Patterson was as corrupt yesterday as he is today, and they all knew it. They thought they could get away with it (and thus - the real motivation - protect Bojo and various other cronies from upcoming PPE contract investigations), but they were surprised by the extent of hostile reaction - especially in the Tory press. So today they all think differently than they did yesterday, but we all know what they really think.
'I'm having to quit the cruel world of politics, because I made it a cruel world by breaking the rules and taking cash for questions, it's everyone else's fault that I am having to do this. You voting public need to go and have a hard look t yourselves as to why you have forced an honourable man like me to quit the job I did so well. Now you need to support people like me and continue to support The Party.'…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostProbably one of my more stupid questions but.. not being at all political... surely the Gov doing U turns every so often is a good thing? It would be worse to continue down a path that has become untenable than doing a U turn no? I mean, if there was uproar every time a U turn was made in a project we'd not deliver anything cause we would be too busy complaining?
I think the problem here though is they are not doing a U-turn because they think it's the right thing to do. They are doing it due to the bad press and the risk to votes. If they could have forced it in due to more voting MPs and their loving red top press chums, I don't think they would have changed tack.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by malvolio View PostI read somewhere that this need not have happened at all if Labour had got their act together and voted down the earlier proposal. With the Tory abstentions and the ones ignoring the Whips, they could easily have done so. If true, it does highlight how useless our opposition really is if they miss a chance to defeat the sitting government.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
Maybe Labour wanted to let the matter proceed further, to give the Tories more rope to hang themselves!Comment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
Maybe Labour wanted to let the matter proceed further, to give the Tories more rope to hang themselves!"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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