tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509959543151548263.post3976710742136678439..comments2024-01-23T05:18:56.246+00:00Comments on Witterings From Witney: Principles & HonourUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509959543151548263.post-53733713751624955552010-12-28T19:52:42.010+00:002010-12-28T19:52:42.010+00:00outsider: nice comment and thank you. It is indeed...outsider: nice comment and thank you. It is indeed a great pity that he did not take the honourable course of action.<br /><br />Alex Ross: Not really failing. One says he wont and one does, but at least they sticking to their principles that they have set, which is more than can be said for the majority in the HoC.<br /><br />And where have either of those two failed to put their constituents interests first?Witterings from Witneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349563961787006775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509959543151548263.post-19512705702416879382010-12-28T19:13:37.610+00:002010-12-28T19:13:37.610+00:00Funnily enough Philip Davies does employ his wife ...Funnily enough Philip Davies does employ his wife and pays her a salary, so by your own standards fails the test!<br /><br />And saying you will always put your constituents interests at heart is very different from doing so...Alex Rosshttp://alexross.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509959543151548263.post-3038778044495981612010-12-28T18:18:20.612+00:002010-12-28T18:18:20.612+00:00How poignant that you should quote Brian Wilson on...How poignant that you should quote Brian Wilson on collective responsibility and loyalty a day after reflecting on the limitations of wind power. As Energy Minister, Mr Wilson delivered the infamous Energy White Paper of 2003, which cast wind power as Britain’s main carbon-free future power source and gave no role to replacing or expanding atomic power.<br /> Mr Wilson was a thoroughly decent and well-meaning politician and he could not totally hide the impression that he did not really agree with his own policy. As a fan of windpower, he well knew that costly back-up was necessary. He had also been a supporter of atomic power but had to abide by the Cabinet’s hostility to anything nuclear, winning only the nominal concession that it was not ruled out for ever. He did not disguise the problem that his policy implied increasing dependence on imported natural gas, which is now beginning to cost us. <br /> Perhaps he would have served the nation and his own reputation better if he had resigned and campaigned for what I think he believed in rather than staying loyal to his side and saddling us with an unrealistic policy, which may yet bring power shortages in the middle of the decade. <br /> Your quotation suggests some wistfulness on Mr Wilson’s part about his time in office, if not an apologia.outsiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12073084947121710985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509959543151548263.post-79824864250206648482010-12-28T17:32:15.751+00:002010-12-28T17:32:15.751+00:00Adam R: Understand your problem - seems we have mu...Adam R: Understand your problem - seems we have much in common.<br /><br />JH: Yes, I thought it a superb phrase likewise!<br /><br />Derek: Well, that's one way to put it!Witterings from Witneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349563961787006775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509959543151548263.post-72523920928161895942010-12-28T10:31:14.206+00:002010-12-28T10:31:14.206+00:00Yes, and 'collective responsibility' means...Yes, and 'collective responsibility' means shut the f*** up and face/talk the same way at my command.Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085466471703759531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509959543151548263.post-71806905522787607112010-12-28T09:38:28.492+00:002010-12-28T09:38:28.492+00:00"The problem with Mr. Cable and his fellow Li..."The problem with Mr. Cable and his fellow Liberal Democrats is not that they are afflicted with a surfeit of high principle. It is that they have more faces than the town hall clock - and a willingness to display whichever one a particular audience wants to see."<br /><br />That's rather good actually.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509959543151548263.post-59535014069442117382010-12-28T06:14:01.597+00:002010-12-28T06:14:01.597+00:00In addition, Texas AG Greg Abbott is also leading ...In addition, Texas AG Greg Abbott is also leading the charge against the EPA and that race baiting sow Lisa Jackson on the issue of federal regulation of carbon emissions. Texans tend to have backbones of steel, even those who have physical impairments such as Abbott himself.Adam R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509959543151548263.post-89756095020818508442010-12-28T05:58:19.186+00:002010-12-28T05:58:19.186+00:00To think about what Lincoln said, look at my leade...To think about what Lincoln said, look at my leader, who forced an ill conceived healthcare bill upon the populace and uses his cabinet appointments to do the dirty work in other areas. <br /><br />Contrast this with Ken Cuccinelli, the Virginia Attorney General whom among others leads the way in the battle against this and other injustices. We have two years of fighting left to do against the former and I want to make sure we never have to deal with any "community organizers" again!Adam R.noreply@blogger.com