Oops
February 12th, 2003.
John Reid, Labour party chairman, on whether the massing of troops at Heathrow airport is a ‘publicity stunt’:
“It was precisely the suggestion that any government, this government included, would use such a serious subject as international terrorism, which gave us such things as New York, for their own purposes of spin or public relations, that I found pretty contemptible.”
September 11th, 2001.
Jo Moore, special adviser to the secretary of state for transport:
“It’s now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury”.
Politician in hypocrisy shocker!
Posted by Jack at 1pm on 17.02.03
I know, I know, but it was just too blatant a discrepancy to miss.
Posted by Leon at 2pm on 17.02.03
I wasn’t having a dig - flabbergasting that he appears to have just forgotten the whole Byers… thing. I’ll leave it at that given my surname. Hee.
Posted by Jack at 4pm on 17.02.03