When these terms are misused as catch-all boo-words, they lose their meaning and their essential value.
She voted for Davis in 2005, and her hero is Airey Neave: “The escape from Colditz is I think probably the coolest thing any British politician has ever done.”
“This is about fundamental change in the way power and authority is exercised. We will be making changes, and we want other people to make them to.”
“If you’re innocent, you have nothing to worry about, let the process take its natural course and the right will come out in the end.”
“But if something does go wrong, there aren’t any clear procedures of where someone would go to.”
The Home Secretary says there must be “total candour” between Downing Street and the whips about “rumours or allegations” against Tory MPs.
Kelvin Hopkins’ belated suspension contrasts with the treatment of Simon Danczuk over very similar claims.
Lisa Nandy claims to have offered the then-Home Secretary proof that whips were using allegations to demand loyalty from MPs.
The idea that all groups should have the same outcomes is just an update of the old socialist idea of equality of outcome – ignoring the choices that individuals make.
Politics often expects a quick answer. But the quick answer often isn’t the best. From education to Brexit, complex questions deserve proper thought.
The Shadow Home Secretary says social media is being used to ‘poison the political debate’, and that internet providers need to ‘do more to close down these people’.
“I hope… they will accept that, as an unelected chamber, they should agree that the will of the British electorate as a whole, and the view of the House of Commons overwhelmingly, should go.”
Perhaps the 60 million Americans who backed him simply thought other factors were more important. But is that judgement bigoted in itself?
We need to make it clear that not just harassment and using prostitutes but sexist jokes and extra-marital affairs are completely unacceptable.