1. November 2007: Government minister Admiral Lord West says he isn’t convinced that the 28 day limit on detention without trial needs increasing. He talks to Gordon Brown. And lo, within hours of the original story, he changes his mind.
2. April 2008: Government minister Gerry Sutcliffe questions the Government’s policy on alcohol duties. Senior Government sources apply pressure. And lo, within hours of the original story, he changes his mind.
3. April 2008: Angela Smith is going to resign her Government post. She talks to Gordon Brown. And lo, within hours of the original story, she changes her mind.
Note: Gavin Whenman got there first with his posting, though only with the two Gordon Brown cases.
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Maybe he has photos of them kissing David Mellor.
Nice to know that Labour MPs will so quickly abandon their morals in order to keep their salary…
Meanwhilst it took Nick Clogg 20 years to remember joining the Cambridge University Tories. And Lib Dem activists u-turn and swerve from doorstep to doorstep.
No-one much cares when Lib Dem politicians change their mind or back both sides of an argument. It’s expected.
Sanbikinoraion should know that there is no salary involved in being a PPS and Westie wasn’t on one either AFAIK.
Damn, didn’t know about Gerry Sutcliffe… More evidence of the PM’s hypnotic powers.