http://www.jockcoats.org.uk/prescott_dont_blame_government Comments for "Prescott: Don't blame the government..." en http://www.jockcoats.org.uk/prescott_dont_blame_government#comment-1223 <p>I could not agree more!</p> Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:34:33 +0000 B comment 1223 at http://www.jockcoats.org.uk http://www.jockcoats.org.uk/prescott_dont_blame_government <p>...it's Parliament that makes the decisions.</p> <p>I don't know how many times he's used this excuse in his interview with John Sopel so far. Detention without trial, ASBOs, House of Lords reform - "the government puts forward its policies but parliament makes the decision".</p> <p>On the one hand, at least there is someone in the government that recognizes this basic tenet of the British democratic system, but on the other, we work on a majoritarian system; if government can't persuade its own people who are in that majority, surely it's not parliament to blame, but the government not putting forward policies even their own people can support.</p> <p>Excuses.<br /><!-- technorati tags start --><br /> <p style="text-align:right;font-size:10px;">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/house of lords" rel="tag">house of lords</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/politics" rel="tag">politics</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/ASBO" rel="tag">ASBO</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/liberty" rel="tag">liberty</a></p> <p><!-- technorati tags end --></p> http://www.jockcoats.org.uk/prescott_dont_blame_government#comments miscellany Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:38:24 +0000 Jock 52 at http://www.jockcoats.org.uk