Tony Blair has managed to make Michael Howard look like the very quintessence of compassion.
I mean, really...What was Labour thinking? I'm not big on children as a rule, but even I feel an immediate, visceral revulsion towards the idea of taking children away from their parents when these parents haven't done anything to prove themselves obviously unfit. It's actually hard to think of a measure that'd be easier to hate on such short notice. I mean, look at this...
I'm almost speechless, although obviously not quite. It's difficult to say exactly how repulsive and contemptible this proposal is.
Read about it here.
Jesus fuck.
UPDATE (28 November): Michael Howard talks about feelings and fairness. I'm sure Margaret Thatcher would be spinning in her grave, if she were dead.
All these questions involve human beings and human feelings. We need a system that is fair and a system that is effective. And we need language that is measured and proportionate.Posted by aloysius at November 26, 2003 11:40 PM | TrackBack |