I was astounded that Tony Blair said in an interview yesterday that no one in the Labour Party had done anything wrong in the "cash for peerages" scandal
I wasn't as he also said that there was nothing wrong with giving peerages to party donors as they were "working appointments" not "honours". Presumably the next Chief of the Defence Staff willl be appointed from among party funders too. Blair's been living in his little cocoon of sycophants so long that he has lost all touch with reality.
Labour's simulated outrage at the arrest of Levy does make an interesting contrast with their support for the police in almost every other circumstance but I think ultimately it's all of a piece. They really do believe that some pigs are more equal than others.
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Date: 2006-07-17 08:54 pm (UTC)I wasn't as he also said that there was nothing wrong with giving peerages to party donors as they were "working appointments" not "honours". Presumably the next Chief of the Defence Staff willl be appointed from among party funders too. Blair's been living in his little cocoon of sycophants so long that he has lost all touch with reality.
Labour's simulated outrage at the arrest of Levy does make an interesting contrast with their support for the police in almost every other circumstance but I think ultimately it's all of a piece. They really do believe that some pigs are more equal than others.