Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth

Think you've hit the nail on the head there Mick. Most of us have been tolerating someone dictating to us what we can and more importantly can not do with our family. Hence the (deserved) outcry when someone who should make sure their actions means they are above criticism seems to come across with an almost arrogant contempt for the rest of us. You can spin it as much as you want but the Government are now fighting a loosing case in the court of public opinion.