Sue Denim.. Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 They don't know when to resign. Why should Charles Clarke keep his job when he's been proved incompentent? Anyone else in any other job would have been sacked. (I know he did hand in his notice but Tony turned it down but that's just for protocol.) This new habit of 'riding the storm' is wrong and not what the people want. And that goes for '2 Shags' Prescott and Patricia Hewitt too. The brass neck of this government never ceases to amaze me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaver Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Most government resignations are just to show face anyway; if something goes wrong then it's usually down to beurocracy and the civil service. I am the ultimate cynic when it comes to UK government; no matter who is power pretty much fuck all gets done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hon Jonda Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 I don't see why any of them should resign for something they do in their private lives such as affairs and being gay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 I think Charles Clarke should probably go. Patricia Hewitt is just taking the flak for the mistakes of the government as a whole. If she went it wouldn't help the NHS in anyway.If Prescott gets away with punching people during a campaign, he certainly isn't going to go over an affair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted April 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 I don't see why any of them should resign for something they do in their private lives such as affairs and being gayI do. What if their secret gay lover decides to blackmail someone in power?Being a politician has a lot to do with gaining the publics respect. Someone who is into gay anal fisting wouldn't be a very popular minister for childrens education for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaver Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Why whouldn't they just be open about being gay in the first place? I mean I'm sure most MPs get into some kinky stuff with their wives; we just don't hear about it because we don't care. But if someone who says they're straight turns out to be up for some homosexual lovin then it's a big shock because they lied. If they were open in the first place then they wouldn't get into a position vulnerable to blackmail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Cadet Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 I do. What if their secret gay lover decides to blackmail someone in power?Being a politician has a lot to do with gaining the publics respect. Someone who is into gay anal fisting wouldn't be a very popular minister for childrens education for example.No but that's due to peoples small mindedness - not because the politician is doing anything wrong. What happens between 2 consenting adults is no-one's business but theirs and I don't see what diffrence it makes what job anyone has. I bet most folk reading this have done something naughty at some point in their lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaver Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 I personally would not trust a single politician who went to university, then claims they have not touched an illegal substance or had some sort of weird sexual experience. They are obviously lying or totally out of touch with everyone else on earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 I'd be scared if our government was in touch with the majority of the british public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaver Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Exactly. Therefore I don't trust anyone in the British Government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paime Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Can someone tell me what old Pat Hewitt did please cos i missed it in the news.Also, i totally agree with Paranoid Android - how can a government who introduced ASBOs advocate one of their own punch a member of the public!?!? Fair enough he was provoked but if everyone behaved like that in the country then it would be utter chaos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Can someone tell me what old Pat Hewitt did please cos i missed it in the news.She was giving a speach to the Royal College of Nurses (or something like that) and was booed, heckled etc and generally asked difficult questions which she wasn't really given time to answer. As a result she's come under pressure to resign due to the belief that most people in the NHS have no faith in her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paime Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 oh, thats a bit boringm i was expecting something along the lines of drugs/hookers/drive by shootings etc etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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