tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post117025972866207248..comments2024-03-28T14:23:01.874+00:00Comments on nourishing obscurity: [peerages] let he who is without sin cast the first stoneJames Highamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-1170346992593888052007-02-01T16:23:00.000+00:002007-02-01T16:23:00.000+00:00Thank you one and all here - yes, Blair's lot have...Thank you one and all here - yes, Blair's lot have been particularly bad. He's sold out to the EU, lock stock and barrel.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-1170313062478000612007-02-01T06:57:00.000+00:002007-02-01T06:57:00.000+00:00I agree with you James insofar as this exemplifies...I agree with you James insofar as this exemplifies the new culture of overzealous policing of white collar crime, speech "crime", etc. -- while at the same time being relatively tolerant of old-fashioned crimes such as burglary and murder. A shift in the class war methinks.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I feel a certain Schadenfreude in seeing those who trumpeted their ethical credentials getting found out for being the cynical opportunists that they are.<BR/><BR/>BTW, much prefer your current font.Fabe Tassanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279119414821928574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-1170287226272574642007-01-31T23:47:00.000+00:002007-01-31T23:47:00.000+00:00They may well all have been at it, but few, I thin...They may well all have been at it, but few, I think, have been at it so blatantly as this lot; and selling honours is, after all, a criminal offence. <BR/><BR/>It's one thing to bend the rules within accepted, and acceptable, limits; maybe it shouldn't go on, but it does in just about every large organisation, and the British government is no exception. Indeed, the British state is, by and large, very good at that sort of thing -- a bit of hypocracy and humbug where absolutely necessary, but nothing too blatant or obviously corrupt.<BR/><BR/>It's quite another to decide that, since the rules get bent a bit sometimes, they don't really matter and that you be pretty blatant about ignoring them. Especially if you made such a big thing about being anti-sleaze when you were in opposition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-1170283617665702402007-01-31T22:46:00.000+00:002007-01-31T22:46:00.000+00:00I entirely agree with you, James. They've all been...I entirely agree with you, James. They've all been at it!Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-1170270660730894122007-01-31T19:11:00.000+00:002007-01-31T19:11:00.000+00:00"Child molesting has gone on for centuries with ch..."Child molesting has gone on for centuries with choirmasters so why should we worry about it?"<BR/><BR/>This Government has raised sleaze to an art form, even putting the Tories to shame. <BR/><BR/>To my mind, The rot started when that scummy bully Alistair Campbell started blatantly manipulating the lobby briefings, excluding those papers off-message.Shadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777836927500400430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-1170265790067307862007-01-31T17:49:00.000+00:002007-01-31T17:49:00.000+00:00I wonder how far back the police are checking on t...I wonder how far back the police are checking on this, could they be looking much further back than we suspect? I guess they could keep looking over the last few decades and come up with some suspicious links. Could this could spell the end of peerages, are they elitist and out dated?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com