My OperaWhatever happened to the rule of law?
Monday, March 2, 2009 1:56:18 PM
I was staggered over the weekend to hear the drivel being spouted by Harriet Harman about Sir Fred Goodwin's pension plan. She sounded like Wacky Jaqui 2, for heaven's sake.
Her assertion that he wouldn't get the money even if he was proved right in a court of law because he'd failed in the court of public opinion is the most blatant evidence yet of NuLabour's moral bankruptcy. Ours is supposed to be a democracy under the rule of law, not the rule of the mob, Harriet. While I may not particularly like the fact that the guy is getting a fat pension despite dragging a major bank down into phenominal debt, that's no excuse for such cavalier disregard for the law from someone who is manoeuvring to be a future prime minister. Heaven help us if that ever happens.
And all this when quite frankly the ire of everyone should be targeted at the government moron who approved the arrangement in the first place.
Her assertion that he wouldn't get the money even if he was proved right in a court of law because he'd failed in the court of public opinion is the most blatant evidence yet of NuLabour's moral bankruptcy. Ours is supposed to be a democracy under the rule of law, not the rule of the mob, Harriet. While I may not particularly like the fact that the guy is getting a fat pension despite dragging a major bank down into phenominal debt, that's no excuse for such cavalier disregard for the law from someone who is manoeuvring to be a future prime minister. Heaven help us if that ever happens.
And all this when quite frankly the ire of everyone should be targeted at the government moron who approved the arrangement in the first place.
