tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702382876668711798.post2160649774673422660..comments2023-10-21T13:33:22.177+02:00Comments on Thoughts from a Catholic Oasis: I still have not calmed downJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419516065899508757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702382876668711798.post-15934907866716182312012-03-14T10:13:41.409+01:002012-03-14T10:13:41.409+01:00Teenage is right. There seem to be very few grown-...Teenage is right. There seem to be very few grown-up politicians around, hence the absence of realisation that an action may have more than one consequence, one of them being the one you least expect.<br />It's the knowledge of this fact that marks maturity.<br />I get the feeling that Cameron believes what he's saying at the time, until the next good idea is put into his head.<br />And that shores up your point that being Prime Minister is for him, as for Blair, justification in itself. Serving their country's best interests is unknown territory. <br />History will not deal kindly with them. But since neither appear to have any inkling of what history teaches, it's an irrelevance in the face of self-gratification.Gentyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569143943867323153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702382876668711798.post-59514696491629225612012-03-14T09:50:36.427+01:002012-03-14T09:50:36.427+01:00There are very few politicians in the UK with any ...There are very few politicians in the UK with any real experience of life or principles.Sixupmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12486627001579821658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702382876668711798.post-45369396765151878552012-03-13T23:55:39.655+01:002012-03-13T23:55:39.655+01:00"Just a cheap word considered as impressively..."Just a cheap word considered as impressively persuasive at the time?"<br /><br />I think you have summed up the attitude not only of Mr Cameron but of our political class. The "solemn promise" given by Mr Clegg regarding student tuition fees during the election campaign so casually dropped when he got into government is one of the most remarkable examples of bare faced dishonesty along with Tony Blair's assertion that Saddam Hussein could launch weapons at Britain within forty-five minutes.Patriciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906131174326742939noreply@blogger.com