krooner Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Come to think of it, Camerons' judgement's a bit dodgy when it comes to hiring the right person for the job, [not to mention his choice of friends]. Because of his poor reaction, Mitchell should go, and if it was found to have been a wind -up, so should the P.O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Does he represent the people? Is he an MP? Or is he just a party or governmental employee? There is a difference He's the MP for Sutton Coldfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Isn't a chief whip, only there to intimidate people in to towing the party line? How come all the surprise when he's a bully-boy outside of work too? I mean, if on the one hand, he gets paid to be a bully boy, and then on the other, he's reprimanded. Isn't that sending mixed messages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 The reason they should resign isn't because it will take back what they did, obviously it won't, it's that they have shown themselves to be unfit for the office they hold and so they should relinquish it. The police chief in question needs prosecuting. People should only be prosecuted for the extreme cases of verbal abuse against police officers, which I doubt this was. This police officer should have just had a word with the guy and left it at that. This shouldn't have even been a news story in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 This shouldn't have even been a news story in my view. No doubt the media will contact you for advice about the level of publicity they should give the next incident involving a Tory minister doing something stupid. They're really into censorship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Isn't a chief whip, only there to intimidate people in to towing the party line? How come all the surprise when he's a bully-boy outside of work too? I mean, if on the one hand, he gets paid to be a bully boy, and then on the other, he's reprimanded. Isn't that sending mixed messages? Not really. Lying about what he said, and denying he used the words "f*****g pleb" to a member of the police force isn't in the chief whip's job description. He should be sacked. No ministers pension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Isn't a chief whip, only there to intimidate people in to towing the party line? How come all the surprise when he's a bully-boy outside of work too? I mean, if on the one hand, he gets paid to be a bully boy, and then on the other, he's reprimanded. Isn't that sending mixed messages? The job of a whip is to make sure as many MPs of his own party vote for party policy. The police officers aren't MPs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 No doubt the media will contact you for advice about the level of publicity they should give the next incident involving a Tory minister doing something stupid. They're really into censorship. How exactly did this make the news in the first place, how did the media get to know about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 How exactly did this make the news in the first place, how did the media get to know about it? There's usually a gang of them camped outside No.10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sibon Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 There's usually a gang of them camped outside No.10 There were also other people present. A gang of journos, spooks and police can't all be lying... can they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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