"I think that when people look at this constituency and what was happening, the voters were clearly torn between their anger and dismay at what has been happening over MPs’ expenses, something that we are trying to clean up"
Anger and frustration crop up in both but can you really imagine Gordon showing such respect for the wishes of the people if he was facing similar circumstances? Whatever else you think of Obama and his healthcare plans it seems clear to me that he knows what is right in this sort of situation.
Meanwhile Labour think it's acceptable to deny the public their say on the Lisbon treaty. They think it's acceptable to leave the residents of Glasgow North East without an MP for 5 months to avoid electoral embarrassment. They think it's acceptable to use the Parliament act (normally reserved for cases of National emergency) three times in 5 years including using it to force through a ban on fox hunting. They even think it's acceptable for an unelected Prime Minister to continue in office to the full end of his term and become the second longest serving unelected PM of the century.Gordon needs to take a leaf out of Obama's book and show even the vaguest amount of respect for Parliamentary tradition and convention. He now only has 5 days.
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