Quote of the day 3rd October 2014

"Power without responsibility never ends well"

(Eric Pickles, speaking at Conservative conference this week)

Comments

Jim said…
"With great power comes great responsibility" - well thanks for that Eric, though anyone who still needed to know that could have just watched Spiderman.

But then my aim is not for you to have more responsibility, oh no, the aim of Harrogate is for you to have less power.

Your party as well as all the others, have proven time after time, you dont have the responsibilty to hold it. And fair play it is not an easy task. so less power is quite obviously the answer, isn't it.
Chris Whiteside said…
I thought the quote was a good line on its' own but let me explain the context.

Eric was talking about English Votes for English laws.

He pointed out that when matters are discussed affecting just England, or England and Wales, which in Scotland have been devolved to the Scottish Parliament, Westminster MPs representing Scottish constituencies have power without responsibility.

The point is valid in other contexts and I think Eric would almost certainly agree that he wants all politicians to have less power.

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