It is all very well for journalists and satirists to sit on the sidelines criticising everyone. But good politicians should not want to be like us. They should want shape their country's future and take the consequences. - Nick Cohen.
See what he did there, Fraser?
what has fraser done to upset you then??
ReplyDeleteKneejerk response on election night when cooperation with the LDs to ensure the end of LAB govt and Brown-out was first mooted: 'Unacceptable. I shall oppose it.'
ReplyDeleteThe practice of politics is about government. All else is commentary.
In a time like this the only objective is to despatch the enemy before he has time to regain consciousness and strike you down with a fatal blow - and wrest the keys to the kingdom from his cold dead hands.
All other considerations must wait.
If Fraser Nelson, bless him, thinks purity is more important, let him offer himself for election and put himself in the firing line.