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poliphiloMark Oaten, a politician none of us had heard of until the week before last (when he briefly stood as a candidate in the Lib-Dem leadership election) has been visiting a rent boy on a regular basis. The media quaintly describe this as an "affair". Oaten equally quaintly describes it as an "error of judgement".
Even quainter is Oaten's characterisation of himself as a "tough liberal". I wonder if this is the same thing as a "compassionate conservative"? I expect it is.
And that both are much the same thing as an "opportunist".
Even quainter is Oaten's characterisation of himself as a "tough liberal". I wonder if this is the same thing as a "compassionate conservative"? I expect it is.
And that both are much the same thing as an "opportunist".
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Date: 2006-01-22 07:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-22 08:03 am (UTC)I guess it must be a Britishism. Well I never!
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Date: 2006-01-22 08:00 am (UTC)You may be right but I do get tired of liberals being painted as soft on crime whne they question measures which are obviously detrimental to civil liberties but have a poorly defined relation to effective policing.
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Date: 2006-01-22 08:07 am (UTC)I certainly know what you mean.
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