The Labour party could only stop itself from shooting itself in the foot for so long. Our MPs still contain the same number of ill disciplined prats as they did in the 80s and early 90s.
Last night they actually managed to vote against public opinion, with a concerted Tory-Liberal coalition to defeat what was described as a vital piece of security legislation requested by Police chiefs, advisors and an independently commissioned report.
Yeah… Well done guys, seriously. Momentous.
Did they honestly have so little faith in the British Judiciary that they were willing to believe a High Court Judge could sit down and preside over the same perversion of justice 12 times in a row?
This, I think is the fundamental issue. If indeed the hypothetical miscarriage of justice that has been bandied around were to occur, it would require a High Court Judge to rule incorrectly a dozen times in the space of 3 months.
No one raised this issue. They should have, it’s a shaming of those who voted against the government’s bill.
I guess it was naive of me to believe that the parliamentary party could go on for a decade without crippling itself spectacularly. Is this the Labour the rebels think the public will choose next election? The same infighting, backstabbing rabble that successfully lost 3 consecutive elections?
As a party member I offer the parliamentary party a slow, monotonous golf clap. Back to the good old days. When things were simpler. When you didn’t have to formulate policy, when you were free to swing languidly in opportunistic self-indulgent circles and survive in safe seats.
David Davis’ useful idiots.
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at November 10, 2005 02:08 AM