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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan
Don't get party political about this, as the same could apply to members on both sides of the commons.
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Is there a 2 hour echo in here?
It wasn't being party political. Sadly, yes
all the parties engage in this sort of thing at one level or another but it was a Labour MP who made the point I was referring to. So just for the record (please make a note),
I think it's a bit rich for politicians of any hue to be demanding resignations on the basis of 'the buck stops at the very top' when they clearly don't apply the same high 'moral' standards amongst their own. Is that non party political enough for you?
I don't much like the Murdochs and couldn't care less what happens to them on a personal level but I would care very much if what's happening now results in the closure of their printed news media operations. However, to believe that what's been going on hasn't been happening for decades and that similar dubious practice doesn't apply just as much within other major companies and indeed within parliament itself is naive.
Hypocricy and political expediency are rife and if our politicians want to be credible in tackling wrong they need to get their own houses in order first.
Anyway that's my last comment on the issue.