LIARS
Politicians are the biggest liars of any
profession according to a new opinion poll by
food firm Ginsters. Other professions in the top
ten included estate agents, car salesmen,
lawyers, journalists, builders and pop stars.
Ginsters spokesman Larry File said, "While
porky pies are nothing new to politics, the
recent surge of mistrust felt by the electorate
should be of some concern to the
candidates."
He added, "This research shows that as the
spin spirals out of control, UK voters are being
turned off in droves." Jeffrey Archer was
named as the biggest political liar of all time,
closely followed by Tony Blair. |
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TRUST POLITICIANS?
Thursday
20 March 2003
The Department of Transport made an embarrassing U-turn
in restoring to police forces the power to install hidden
speed cameras. It had originally agreed to calls from
motoring organisations to paint the cameras yellow, but
safety campaigners objected.
Friday 21 March 2003
Controversial plans to "name and shame" racist
employers were released with little fanfare. Downing
Street had feared that the proposals would look
anti-business.
Monday 24 March 2003
The Government announced that the taxpayer will have to
rescue the parliamentary pension fund after it crashed to
a £25m deficit, ensuring MPs do not have to endure the
deprivation facing millions of other employees.
Tuesday 25 March 2003
John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, dropped his
threat to cap town halls threatening big council tax
rises. With five weeks to go before a difficult set of
local elections, he published figures revealing council
tax bills across England will go up by an average 12.9%
in April.
Wednesday 26 March 2003
David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, widened police powers
dramatically to allow officers to take fingerprints and
DNA swabs from anyone arrested. The Lord Chancellor's
Department announced that bailiffs were to be given extra
authority to force their way into homes and be allowed to
use "forcible entry" if they have obtained
permission from a judge or magistrate. Mr Blair's senior
policy adviser on media and telecommunications, Ed
Richards, is appointed to the board of Ofcom, the new
regulator for television, radio and the
telecommunications industry.
Friday 28 March 2003
The publication of proposals to send asylum-seekers to
"processing centres" outside the European Union
was hardly noticed. The plan, debated by Mr Blunkett and
his EU opposite numbers, was actually first presented to
EU leaders by Mr Blair at an emergency summit in Brussels
a week earlier.
Monday 31 March 2003
The Labour Party announced that Lord Sainsbury of
Turville, the Science minister, had given it £2.5m,
bringing his total contributions to £8.5m.
Tuesday 1 April 2003
Powderject, a drug company run by the Labour donor Paul
Drayson, emerged as a frontrunner for a government
contract worth up to £120m for smallpox vaccine. Last
year, the company was controversially awarded an
exclusive deal to supply emergency stocks of the vaccine.
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