Comments on: Wishing Your Lundie’s in Public.

By: miss mink

miss mink — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:10:10 +0000

Katabasis, those in the ‘house’ all too often end up complete hypocits.
One rule for us, one for them . . .

By: Young Mr. Brown

Young Mr. Brown — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:17:10 +0000

Anna,
That was a brilliant piece of writing.
(Some of the comments were pretty funny, too, in their own way, but that’s beside the point.) Many thanks.

By: Katabasis

Katabasis — Mon, 31 May 2010 09:31:15 +0000

And for some perspective:

http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/eveningnews24/norwich-news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=xNews&itemid=NOED26+May+2010+16%3A20%3A20%3A057

“A Norfolk mother who falsely claimed more than

By: Derek Williams

Derek Williams — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:23:07 +0000

Mr Laws’s resignation from cabinet was appropriate, but resigning from parliament altogether would not be smart. He has gained some ground by his swift departure from power, but will gain still more by serving in the back benches winning back respect rather than appearing to be throwing his toys out of the pram. It is in everyone’s interest to see a gay man pick himself up after such a cosmic disaster, dust himself down, and rehabilitate. To do otherwise would play still further to the negative stereotype.

By: jellied ells

jellied ells — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:10:29 +0000

So sorry anna ,on reading the whole article ,I see that my responce was knee jerk.

By: miss mink

miss mink — Sun, 30 May 2010 23:15:41 +0000

I haven’t read all the other comments, someone may have pointed this out already – did they think we were ‘over’ the expenses scandal ? why hadn’t those now in the cabinet already sorted and paid our money back ?
He seemed so bloody over qualified and perfect for this job, what a disappointment that he was also like all the rest . . . .

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:44:42 +0000

On second thoughts, suisphobic may be more apt. Easily confused with suiphobic. Is that why we despise the sins of others so readily?

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:18:28 +0000

Porcophobic?

By: Woodsy42

Woodsy42 — Sun, 30 May 2010 19:11:31 +0000

By: JohnRS

JohnRS — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:05:02 +0000

Say it clear, say it loud,
Troughophobic and I’m proud!

By: JohnM

JohnM — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:03:54 +0000

The man is a THIEF. It is right that he should resign, not only from the front bench but from being an MP. Where are the Police and CPS, what are they going to do?

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:58:37 +0000

Iain Dale said: “It is a sad fact that without the

By: Saying Sorry Doesn't Cut It

Saying Sorry Doesn't Cut It — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:58:35 +0000

Yes I was confused at first (at the comments being left).

It took me a while to realise that certain “others” hadn’t realised – like Saul and myself (ahem) that this post is NOT defending Laws.

Well done Anna, I feel all smug and self satisfied that I immediately “got it”!!!

PS: Or have I?

By: Saying Sorry Doesn't Cut It

Saying Sorry Doesn't Cut It — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:49:21 +0000

Perfect Reply.

By: dennis hopper says hello

dennis hopper says hello — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:47:59 +0000

Spiral said…

“Terry

By: Spiral Architect

Spiral Architect — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:36:45 +0000

Terry – did you take

By: terry

terry — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:28:17 +0000

too true, so simple…………. i might well come to you for a reading………….

By: terry

terry — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:26:39 +0000

The Brits are funny people….. nothing like seeing another man’s life smashed to pieces by th media over a good sunday breakfast….. ah, such pleasures…….. our version of the Colosseum……….. I should know… it happened to me……

By: Stotty

Stotty — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:09:02 +0000

Plato, you’re very, very wrong.

I really couldn’t give a ticker’s cuss what this guy does between the sheets. In the same way I couldn’t give a tinker’s cuss what you do either. But Laws made a decision – a decision to keep his sexuality a secret. That trumped any other decision that he made with regard STEALING, yes, Mr Laws, stealing public funds.

When a man or woman decides, in his walk of life, that his personal circumstance is more important than that of his job or, heaven forbid, the country, he or she has reneged on the right to hold ANY public office. Pray tell, what would have happened if a state enemy had got wind of his self-made situation and decided black mail would be in order? What then for Mr Laws? His country or his sexulaity?

He got his priorities very, very wrong. Period.

By: Spiral Architect

Spiral Architect — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:07:39 +0000

I cannot believe believe that you are coming out with this crap. This is nothing to do with him being a ‘friend of Dorothy’.

This is about integrity, hypocrisy and hubris………..and Laws has the good sense to acknowledge this and take it on the chin.

He broke the rules – in procuring a benefit paid for by tax-payers’ money for “yourself or someone close to you”.

Not only that, but in his personal literature he was proclaiming how he was one of the lowest ‘allowance claimers’ in the whole Commons, therefore seeking to paint himself as a person of complete integrity.

It is a great shame, he seems very able……..but he must go, and Parliament will benefit from having it moral standards reinforced after 13 yrs of Labour and the last 3yrs of Tory administration