Parliament is often accused of being old, antiquated, or out of touch; so it's wonderful to see that at least one member of the Commons is willing to modernise. Step forward, Bercow. Your new, prohibition era 'greaser' hairstyle is wonderfully fresh, coming straight from the 1920s.
Perhaps the coalition could simply announce a blanket, or generic apology, valid for 6 months, on 'Newsnight' or somewhere similar. I'd suggest they announce it in the House, but Govt. seem to prefer introducing govt. policy over the airwaves and would hate to discomfort them.
Oh, I'm sure you would detest causing the government distress. Having said that, announcement of policy to media outlets prior to a statement in the House isn't exactly an invention or innovation of the coalition...
Having a competant press officer can certainly help in these matters. I wonder why the coalition couldn't fin... ...oh yes, he had to leave after some rather convincing evidence suggested that he's a crook.
Truly, a paper unburdened by journalistic integrity. One can be assured of a lack of bias in evidence presented due to the complete absence of the same.
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Date: 2011-02-17 01:03 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-02-17 01:15 pm (UTC)There is a difference between assuring proper briefing of the media and disregarding the primacy of the Commons.
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Date: 2011-02-17 01:21 pm (UTC)I'm sure there is a difference, and I'm just as sure that it is easy to 'accidentally' end up on the wrong side of that divide.
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Date: 2011-02-17 01:25 pm (UTC)Having a competant press officer can certainly help in these matters. I wonder why the coalition couldn't fin... ...oh yes, he had to leave after some rather convincing evidence suggested that he's a crook.
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