tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post116263566782536303..comments2024-03-21T09:30:11.468+00:00Comments on Man in a Shed: Tony crony could help veto Blair prosecution ?Man in a Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-1163607914460190142006-11-15T16:25:00.000+00:002006-11-15T16:25:00.000+00:00OK - I have to say the SNP are really using parlia...OK - I have to say the SNP are really using parliament ot its full effect (Eric Forth would have been proud). Well done.<BR/><BR/>But the Scottish Parliament is a shambles isn't it ? (You should hear my Scottish father inlaw on the subject... ;-) )<BR/><BR/>But if independance means you keep Blair, Reid and Brown then it could be a sarcifice were ready to make ( you get all the trade union reps etc repatriated also.. think how productive you could be !)Man in a Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-1163602712888166472006-11-15T14:58:00.000+00:002006-11-15T14:58:00.000+00:00Thank god (irony is not lost when you are a humani...Thank god (irony is not lost when you are a humanist) for Angus Brendan MacNeil, the young but energetic MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles to the rest of you), for exposing the Emperor's new clothes.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Cash for peerages has been going on for decades under Labour and Tory PMs (and probably the Lib Dems too), yet you have all sat back and turned a blind eye. Well hell mend ye. <BR/><BR/>No wonder we want out of the Mother of all Parliaments, because frankly she is becoming the whore of all democracies!Tartan Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349865980640474307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-1162763507039733202006-11-05T21:51:00.000+00:002006-11-05T21:51:00.000+00:00To be honest, it probably isn't in the public's in...To be honest, it probably isn't in the public's interest to see a British PrimeMinister arrested for corruption. Our international standing would be damaged (think Middle East, or purging Africa from their corruption), the public's apathy towards politics would increase, we would no longer be able to gouge the corruption out of Europe (not that it's going to happen any time soon), the public's trust in politicians and our government would be eroded (perhaps even the establishment itself - the police already have a hard enough time). This could very well destroy politics as we know it - there would be significant pressure for reform of the political system, not necessarily for the better. There could even be an international backlash against our troops in Iraq or Afghanistan - if Tony is taken to court on corruption charges, in the Iraqi's/Afghanistani's mind, Tony would be capable of doing anything, thus proving that the "invaders" are there on a false premise. So there could very well be an argument to "fix it" on public interest grounds.<BR/><BR/>But that wouldn't make it right. If Goldsmith does decide to sweep it all under the carpet, let's hope that decision gets leaked, and they all get their just deserves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-1162745961695797542006-11-05T16:59:00.000+00:002006-11-05T16:59:00.000+00:00I think the decent thing for Goldsmith to do is de...I think the decent thing for Goldsmith to do is declare a conflict of interest. <BR/><BR/>However, this is nulabour. Lies, lies and many more to come.<BR/><BR/>I keep finding myself counting down to May next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com