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THE LAST DITCH

Browne apologises for allowing sailors to sell stories | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics

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250pxdes_browne_mpThis government is as arrogant as it is incompetent. Challenged by his Shadow to apologise, Defence Secretary Des Browne said:

"If he wants me to say sorry then I am more than happy to say sorry."

How very gracious. One might have hoped, given the damage Browne has done to the reputation of the services for which he is politically responsible, that he might have thought to apologise unprompted. One might hope that as he has told two different versions of the events surrounding this debacle, only one of which could be true, that he would feel the need to apologise for his untruth.

Like the Government itself, he still seems more focussed on political survival than political responsibility.

3 responses to “Browne apologises for allowing sailors to sell stories | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics”

  1. Guthrum Avatar
    Guthrum

    I have just caught this odious little man on TV grovelling, there is something very very wrong when people like this have wormed their way all the way up the greasy pole of politics to sit at the highest table in the land.

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    jameshigham

    …Like the Government itself, he still seems more focussed on political survival than political responsibility…
    Or rushing to destroy as much as possible before the axe falls. I don;t ascribe this to their EU political masters but to tawdry party politics.

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    blandly urbane

    This is quite sad. It’s not enough that the military people may not have held up too well under the duress of their captivity; but then to allow for profit was a pretty daft decision.
    As far as surviving politically is concerned he probably will survive; though like most he doesn’t deserve it. If one can’t make a simple decision like this one without possible ramifications we shouldn’t be surprised by the actions of the “15 victims of a misunderstanding.”

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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