According to their website Chris Huhne should have been on The Westminster Hour this evening. I turned on eager to hear how he would explain the events of today. But..........no Chris? In the middle of the programme I got a call from a pal who is not particularly interested in politics but had seen the news and been horrified. Her verdict was that Nick had behaved like a gentleman but Chris had brought the party into disrepute.
So, the only person on the programme from Team Huhne was Lynne Featherstone. Now I have a great deal of time for Lynne, but why did she compound the problems for Chris by again repeating the lie that Nick supports vouchers? Is it that Team Huhne think if they repeat something often enough people will start believing it?
And then there are Friends of Chris - they have been strangely silent since this morning, their last post being "Huhne's Got Momentum" - hmmm yes, but maybe not in the direction they had intended!
I have to so agree with Meral's point about how different things would have been had there been a woman candidate present earlier today.
Anyway I am just listening to a wonderful edition of With Great Pleasure presented by Tony Benn - it is moving and uplifting and has reminded me just why I am in politics and why our political ideals are worth fighting for. A reminder of the prophets who challenged the kings, the Sermon on the Mount, the Diggers, the Levellers, the Suffragettes, a lovely piece by Oscar Wilde about the value of disobedience, Gandhi and still more to come.........well worth a listen after a difficult day.
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If he has any sense of shame or sense he will probably be having a bit of a clearout of the closer members of his Campaign Team.
Will Werrin survive after yet another one of these episodes?
Linda, I like your side poll. I think you are entitled to be as critical as you like of any politician. However, you really do need an option that says "No, but I sound like a very boring scratched record." Because that's what I - and I suspect many others - want to tick.
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