Because, if accidentally not deporting 1,000 murderers, rapists and drug dealers isn't a big enough reason to, you know, resign - then I'm struggling to work out what is.
According to the radio just now, ministerial responsibility has come to mean absolutely bugger all. Unless the minister made the decision directly, civil service cock ups - even the really massive ones - don't seem to count any more. Brilliant.
Suddenly almost makes me respect Blunkett....though maybe that's going too far.
Frankly, I can't even remember what Blunkett did, but I remember people muttering about "credibility" and "perceptions of trustworthiness" and shit like that.
If he's known for 10 months and not done anything, that rather undermines the argument that he 'needs to be the one to sort it out'. He's had his chance.
He has got to go.
Incompetence.
They are giving the impression of being a self-serving oligarchy rather than democratically accountable.
Frankly, I'm starting to scare myself. Listening to the radio the other day, there was a woman from the Peugeot factory that's being closed down moaning, and I found myself shouting at the radio about free market economics.
I'm not big on politics but think its this sort of thing that has compounded apathy towards voting. Whoever is in power eventually becomes the self-serving oligarchy Andy mentions above. The squabling over whose to blame while obviously dangerous people are _still_ out there just turns me off even more.
And Prescott's been doing his secretary. How predictable.
Now - understanding that they've known abot both of these things for a while - which one is supposed to deflect attention from which?
Maybe they've had this one in the bag for ages and were saving it for when something else really bad came along.
See my first post of this morning. So cynical - to take advantage of your own fuck up to minimise the impact of another fuck up. I'm really starting to get angry now.
Cue the Sunday papers full of stories like 'Foreign paedo released by Clarke interfered with my daughter' (probably slightly better subbed than my effort).
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And they should both be sacked. Why we have to wait for resignations is beyond me.
According to Martha Kearney on Newsnight, Clarke's going to be shuffled out tomorrow, and Prescott will be moved out of ODPM (for Milliband to take over) but stay in the cabinet.
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Suddenly almost makes me respect Blunkett....though maybe that's going too far.
seriously.
1,000 criminals. Over 6 years.
That's GOT TO be a resigning issue.
Frankly, I can't even remember what Blunkett did, but I remember people muttering about "credibility" and "perceptions of trustworthiness" and shit like that.
Clarke out.
Oh, and it appears that the minister knew last summer and 300 were let out after that. Brilliant.
He has got to go.
Incompetence.
They are giving the impression of being a self-serving oligarchy rather than democratically accountable.
I've just checked - he was appointed Home Sec in 2004.
There is no excuse.
But seriously, he's got to go.
Now - understanding that they've known abot both of these things for a while - which one is supposed to deflect attention from which?
Maybe they've had this one in the bag for ages and were saving it for when something else really bad came along.
Clarke Out.
Blair and Clarke out!
He really has to go now.
he better hope everyone has a nice bank holiday and forgets about it.
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I am aghast.
What a cop out.
Or employing some shit hot lawyers.
Or both.