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Originally Posted by Scooby
He does and he has 
I think his statement he read today is as close as we are going to get, to him admitting he was wrong or apologising for misleading the house. Tradition is not always a good thing  |
That is simply not an excuse, if he wants to lead the government he must follow the rules. He is not required to give something that approaches an apology, he is required to give an apology, nothing less.
It is not simply the case that he was wrong, his incorrect statements will have influenced the voting of other MPs in the house. It makes a mockery of democracy if the PM can stand there influencing the course of a parliamentary vote with inaccurate information and then not be held accountable for the outcome.
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Originally Posted by Damien
What ever this is media and government nothing is clear cut you cannot just follow tradition. The torys will waste no time in attacking him if he did that and such
Different matters, different times....tradition in government is stupid as nothing is ever the same
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And they aren`t going to attack him if he doesn`t follow the correct protocol? Blair could actually regain some respect from voters if he was to display some proper humility and issue a proper apology. To arrogantly stand there, spewing forth more spin to justify his position is not going to do any good whatsoever.
I watched the coverage on the news today, I did not see a man demonstrating humility in the face of having been proved wrong, I saw a smarmy little weasel who attempted to defend the indefensible, despite already having done a stich-up job on the inquiry in order to limit its scope.
I sincerely hope that this is going to be the issue that forces him out of office. However, it is a pity that if he does go a decent Labour politician like Robin Cook is unlikely to get the job.