Promises, promises, promises
A gem from the delicious Trixy of "Is there more to life than shoes". Gordon Brown is being sued for breach of contract for falling to hold the referendum on Europe that was promised in the Labour Party manifesto of 2005. Brown's barrister has just told the court that"manifesto pledges are not subject to legitimate expectation". (Trixy)
Labels: Gordon Brown, lies
2 Comments:
Today's entries all seem a bit surreal, Dr Crippen.
K
Politicians lie?
I am shocked . . . shocked!
Some quotes on the matter:
An election is . . . like an advance auction of stolen goods.
Henry Louis Mencken
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke
Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.
P.J. O'Rourke
also expressed as
We get the government we deserve.
Don Henley
That government is best which governs least.
Tom Paine
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
Thomas Jefferson
Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence . . . but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.
Adam Smith
llater,
llamas
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