Newsnight last night. Some Labour apologist (Lucas?) appeared and tried to defend the indefensible. Part of his defence was to claim that 3 helicopter trips made by Cameron, all duly declared in at least one of the two places it should be (members interests and electoral commission – I forget which) was just as bad as Hain’s undeclared receipt of £103k.
Sorry, am I missing something. Cameron declares the trips at the time to the authority he believes needs to know, while Hain “forgets” to declare to any official body an amount equal to 125% of the amount he did declare.
So, in his mind, declaring funds (or benefits) on time to the authorities equates to keeping secret donations received until you’re forced to reveal them. Well, it’s an interesting take on honesty, one well in tune with Labour thinking. After all laws (note 45 Govt) don’t really need to be applied to Nulab and its cronies
He also claimed that Hain had volunteered the information. Here he’s on stronger ground given that he’s probably using voluntary in the same sense that it’s used for ID card purposes i.e. you have no choice it’s mandatory.
Newlabourspeak has begun. Voluntary means compulsory, honesty means dishonesty; let’s just hope that “the Prime Minister’s full support” means what I think it means.
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I hope so too Nick! :D
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