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at least he's honest (well, sort of)

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    at least he's honest (well, sort of)

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7328637.stm

    Licensing minister Gerry Sutcliffe has said his comments to a pub trade newspaper criticising Budget alcohol tax rises "do not reflect my views".

    NL bulldaisy at it's best...

    Older and ...well, just older!!

    #2
    It should be compulsory to take regular (at least once a month) lie detector test for all Govt ministers starting from PM. The questions asked should be compiled with the feedback from public. Any minister caught lieing to the lie detector should go to jail for 10 years minimum.

    Refusal to answer question should lead to immediate dismissal with possible investigation if the consequence of the "bad" answer was that a crime was committed.

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      #3
      Originally posted by AtW View Post
      It should be compulsory to take regular (at least once a month) lie detector test for all Govt ministers ...
      It is easy to tell if they are lying - their lips move.
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        #4
        He's going back on it now

        http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7328637.stm

        Quite frankly this comment is amazing!

        "But in a bid to defuse the situation, Mr Sutcliffe - who did not dispute what he was reported to have said - issued a statement saying that: "My comments do not accurately reflect my views."

        So does that mean that in a trade association paper he says what the members of that trade want to hear, but as soon as he gets a kicking from the powers that be he does an about turn. So presumably for 'My comments do not accurately reflect my views.' to hold true then his mouth must have its own views and can act independantly of his brain.
        Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.

        I preferred version 1!

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          #5
          New Lie came to power and have been re-elected twice by virtue of making comments that did not reflect their views. I remember Bliar saying 'we have no plans to raise taxes' , that 'we shall be whiter than white', and of course before the last election they promised a referendum on the EU constitution when obviously they had no intention of allowing at all.

          When will the gullible voters learn???!!!!

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            #6
            For fear of merging this into the 1984 thread, but Doublethink is the act of simultaneously and fervently holding two mutually contradictory beliefs.

            HTH

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              #7
              I'm just waiting for this to happen realtime. The possibility of watching a NL minister arguing with themselves on TV is an appealing one...

              Older and ...well, just older!!

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                Originally posted by AtW View Post
                It should be compulsory to take regular (at least once a month) lie detector test for all Govt ministers starting from PM. The questions asked should be compiled with the feedback from public. Any minister caught lieing to the lie detector should go to jail for 10 years minimum.

                Refusal to answer question should lead to immediate dismissal with possible investigation if the consequence of the "bad" answer was that a crime was committed.
                You can take the boy out of the police state ...
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Cyberman View Post
                  New Lie came to power and have been re-elected twice by virtue of making comments that did not reflect their views. I remember Bliar saying 'we have no plans to raise taxes' , that 'we shall be whiter than white', and of course before the last election they promised a referendum on the EU constitution when obviously they had no intention of allowing at all.

                  When will the gullible voters learn???!!!!
                  My favourite New Labour line is "There's no evidence that this is the case."

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