Thread: Is ministerial responsibility dead?
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Old 30-03-2004, 18:53   #1
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Is ministerial responsibility dead?
Well, actually it's been dead for quite a number of years, but after the recent highly amusing squirmings of the government I'd guess it is now totally decomposed. After careful consideration, I have developed 3 new laws of modern ministerial responsibility.

1) "I didn't know what my staff were doing. Honest, guv!" is a totally acceptable response from any government minister and uttering it automatically clears him or her of any charge.

2) Smoking guns and government ministers are, by definition, mutually exclusive.

3) The British public are actually to blame for refusing to believe that government ministers are totally honest and would never dream of bending the truth by the slightest degree.
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