Hmmm...
It'd be interesting to hear what the woman said to him. He might have been right.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 12:51,
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True enough
But it was fun to see him sweating in the press conference afterwards, apologising.
Even if he was correct, I think he’s left it rather late in the day to start telling the truth and talking openly!
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zacherynuk @echo off, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 12:53,
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It'd restore a lot of my faith in politics
if, just sometimes, MPs would have the balls to say to voters that they're simply wrong on something - and if that upsets them, tough.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 12:59,
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This
I'd rather a leader has the balls to say that a woman is bigoted rather than just think it.
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to her face yes
But he didn't, he said it 'in private' whilst in a huff.
Worst of all he retracted the statement when asked if that's what he really thought.
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zacherynuk @echo off, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:06,
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But why should the fact that he didn't say it to her face make a difference?
He was talking about his conversation with her to a third party. He recounted it in slightly colourful tones. So what?
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:14,
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I think a sense of perspective is called for here.
The media (Edit: Sorry, Skypert Murdoch & Sun) is foaming at the mouth making it out to be some horrific incident. It's hardly on the scale of punching her in the face like Precsott did to a voter during an election.
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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 15:27,
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