Contractual Lies
Sue Cameron of the FT took the trouble to call Hermes to dig into Labour's spin that David Pitt-Watson is walking away from the General Secretary job because of "contractual difficulties" with his old job. "No contractual difficulties with us," Hermes told her.
Well, says Labour, he has had difficulties extricating himself from his old job. "No," says Hermes. "He left last week."
We seem to accept blatant lies from politicians nowadays as just par for the course. Particularly if they come from anonymous spokesman. Guido always tries to name the spokesperson so that we know who is doing the lying. They don't like that...
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Oh deary me, yet more Lies from NuLabour.
Has anyone tried asking the horse's mouth, just wtf is the real reason?
Oh, come on Guido, lying is a bit harsh, surely? It's not lying it's just spin. There's a simple difference in the ZaNuLab lexicon here - spinning is when you have an opportunity to convince your opponent (or the public, same thing) of something you might be capable of deceiving yourself about. Lying is when you can't even convince yourself.
Mr fawkes, you yourself pinpointed the reason he is not taking the job.
Why would anybody accept liability on the debt. Now that they have been savaged with a wet bus ticket over the peerage for cash debacle restoring labour's finances is mission impossible.
They should do as their cousins in NZ labour have done and introduce some draconian act to stop all parties promoting themselves in an election year. Then simply use the power of incumbency to direct all government departments to triple their marketing spend "informing" the public of the great works they are forcing on them
Another triumph for Mrs Balls. It seems that Nanny does not know best.
The introduction of Home Information Packs has been postponed again.
The packs, which have been dogged by delays and controversy over the past 18 months, have now been hit by the slowdown in the property market, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
Since December, home-sellers have had to at least order one of the packs before putting a house on the market, though they have not had to actually complete one. At the end of this month the rules were due to change, forcing sellers to complete a Hip, providing details such as title deeds, local searches and an energy performance certificate.
However, the Department of Communities and Local Government – faced with estate agents closing at a rate of 150 a week – has got cold feet once again. It now intends to delay the final roll-out until the end of the year.
Guido
Can you get that lie-highlighting technology that is being used on benefit claimants ?.
Who now claims the greatest benefits if not politicians ?.
All Government statements should be attributable.
If spokespersons are not prepared to identify themselves and those on whose behalf they speak, the news media should refuse to publish or should issue a standard warning that the statements may be false.
Enough of this management by unfounded rumour.
It seems that Madame Tussauds is more democratic than new labour. Your chance to vote Brown 'IN' or 'OUT'. They are refusing to confirm Brown's status as PM until an election decides.
It's sad when politicians and their entourage lie.
Does this mean that briefings from an official spokesman to lobby hacks must now be verified from an alternative source? If you can't trust the government...
Is this the guy who broke all the party funding rules or the new one? How many general secretaries does one party need? Maybe they need a General Secretariat of the Politburo for safety?
when is the abrahams case coming to court? i wonder how low snotty mctwats ratings will fall then
whiffler @ 9:51
Good idea - let's start with such a lie detector turned on at Prim-Minister's rants (opps, sorry, Questions).
Or better still, apply such a test to previous PMQs - such as the one where Brown denied knowing about Cash for Honours.
Whiffler - "it" (VSA = Voice Stress Analysis, initially built for the Mossad) works only when (a) it's got a baseline of known truths to work from and (b) the lying barsteward knows and believes that he's lying!
What ever happened about the Smith Institute's dodgy dealings?
That's all gone a bit quiet.
Broon is trying to wriggle out of the compensation for the 10p tax fiasco. Effectively he has tried lying to his own backbenchers. It doesn't work with the public anymore, and it certainly won't work with the Labour rebels. Doesn't he know he's been rumbled?
Why would they bother to lie when Government spokespersons can always hide behind the new stock phrase " We Do Not Comment On Individual Cases ".
Making themselves sound all holier than thou in the name of Data Protection and Human rights.
Lying Cunts.
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