Due process Rumpole?
Since when have we lived in a parliamentary democracy under the rule of law ? I thought we had given up on those old fashioned ideas and agreed that public opinion polls in the Hun were the best way of deciding guilt or innocence.
Not to mention the outraged cries of ( very self interested) politicians.
The hounding of Craig Thomson is a partisan political vendetta that opens the way for any person or politician to be tried, convicted and lynched. It is not justice just opportunism.
And just how is Gillard shielding Thomson ? She suspended him from the Labor party. He's on his own. She can't force him to resign from Parliament or stop him from voting.
And just how is Gillard shielding Thomson ? She suspended him from the Labor party. He's on his own. She can't force him to resign from Parliament or stop him from voting.
Due process must take place
Thompson entered the parliament at the 2007 election and is not covered by the old school. A early exit will deny him an income of $185,000 a year , not including allowances.
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Well that would bring one to tears wouldn't it.
In the meantime a prostitute has signed a stat dec and will appear on This Day Tonight to tell how Thompson was a client of hers.
Good to see an honest person get a say.
l disagreee. Much policy is contrived for political expediency rather than genuine ideology. Gillard had rejected the ETS or a carbon tax, talked Rudd out of it in fact, but then, whacko, we have a carbon tax. Not because she remotely believes it's good for Australia but purely because that was the price put on the Greens' support.The things that don't get agreements though are the "marquee" legislations, like the mining tax, carbon tax and pokie reforms. It usually comes down to a matter of ideology, not the good of the country that controls whether the opposition supports or opposes these reforms.
How fascinating. Do we know when the interview will be broadcast?
Mr Thomson is clearly rattled about this going by his anxious and angry tone on today's "The World Today".
Due process Rumpole?
Since when have we lived in a parliamentary democracy under the rule of law ? I thought we had given up on those old fashioned ideas and agreed that public opinion polls in the Hun were the best way of deciding guilt or innocence.
Not to mention the outraged cries of ( very self interested) politicians.
The hounding of Craig Thomson is a partisan political vendetta that opens the way for any person or politician to be tried, convicted and lynched. It is not justice just opportunism.
How fascinating. Do we know when the interview will be broadcast?
Mr Thomson is clearly rattled about this going by his anxious and angry tone on today's "The World Today".
That's hysterical - I just heard Craig Thomson on the radio news, apparently severely criticising the media saying: "This person is being paid 10 times more than what was spent on this 'item' by credit card."
Ah yep - the greatest irony here is that Craig is going to make an honest woman out of her
If I was Craig Thomson, I'd resign. If for nothing else than for my family.
What does he get out of this, absolutley nothing.
Yes, I heard a soundbite from him saying enough is enough and talking about being pushed to the brink.
So to suggest that this government is acting out of ideological conviction is to attribute to them a moral decency that they simply don't have.
Perhaps try to replace some of your instinctive devotion to Labor with a little reality.
Today's quote from stand-up comedian, Craig Thomson;
"To buy a story from a prostitute is chequebook journalism at its worst. Who is going to take this seriously when they pay a prostitute money?"
Tsk Tsk - Yes it's a real waste giving money to hookers, isn't it?
Especially when it's not your money in the first place.
If I was Craig Thomson, I'd resign. If for nothing else than for my family.
What does he get out of this, absolutley nothing.
Hasn't the Labor Party said they are no longer paying his legal bills? (I might be wrong about that.)I would too but I suppose the Labor party won't let him as they need his vote (despite what they are saying publically and their dis-endoresement of him), he won't let them down because he needs their money to pay his legal bills.
Or perhaps he's trying this as a last ditch attempt to stop the television interview with the hooker. i.e. appealing to fears that this could be his last straw.He might fake a collapse or suicide attempt, he's painted himself into a corner and there's no way out. "pushed to the brink" means it's on his mind.
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