Originally posted by Dundeegeorge
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Originally posted by AtWIt takes some balls to resign from high position in the cabinet based on his views. I'd like to see Mandelson doing it, or even Blunkett -- heck, these guys seem to be impossible to get rid of even when they resign under weight of evidence!I am not qualified to give the above advice!
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AtW
Just to point out that he resigned when it looked llike there might be some political capital in it, if you believe he was trustworthy just ask his wife or any of his mistresses/flings.Why not?Comment
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Originally posted by Dundeegeorgeif you believe he was trustworthy just ask his wife or any of his mistresses/flings.
Cook had balls to resign when he could have just sit quiet and nobody would pay attention to this because everyone else in Govt were for it.Comment
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Alexei
I don't disagree with you that his private life is his own affair.
But it does throw his integrity into question (imagine, an NL politician and integrity in the same sentence!) and I re-iterate, he resigned when there was a chance of making polticial capital out of it.
I disliked him as much as any verminous NL politician, but I didn't say he was stupid, only that he didn't have integrity and was not the person his epitaphs would have you believe (not that any of us would be probably).
Mo Mowlam in comparison always struck me as honest and straightforwards, with a very public political agenda based on beliefs and principles, not on opportunism.Why not?Comment
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Originally posted by Dundeegeorgehe didn't have integrity and was not the person his epitaphs would have you believe (not that any of us would be probably).
Comprare him to Prescott, Mandelson or even Blair.Comment
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Who cares ?
Obviously not you, you sad little sack-of-tulipe.
If it had been some brain-dead cleric peddling hate you would care I suppose.Why not?Comment
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Originally posted by AtWI see nothing wrong with people having mistresses -- its between them and their wifes. Why would I care who he shags and when? So long as this does not put national security at risk (black mail), its fine by me.
As I understand it, he did not resign because he had a mistress. He resigned because he was caught using his position to speed up the visa application of his ex-lover's nanny.
Furthermore, he accepted and kept his £20,000 payoff ex-ministers get to "re-adjust to life when leaving office", despite being reappointed to office a few months later.
Even furthermore, he was allowed to keep the grace and favour mansion that was reserved for the Home Secretary. I assume that new Home Secretary Charles Clarke has to live in a tent, or have New Labour obtained another mansion at our expense?Comment
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Originally posted by wendigo100As I understand it, he did not resign because he had a mistress. He resigned because he was caught using his position to speed up the visa application of his ex-lover's nanny.Comment
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