tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post7079679180223384409..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: The one thing TV never investigatesDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-9831064446802247452010-03-24T20:05:50.155+00:002010-03-24T20:05:50.155+00:00I suspect there is a great deal of suspect self-ri...I suspect there is a great deal of suspect self-righteous indignation over th politicians behaviour, but I wonder how it contrasts to other ex-ministers who are leaving parliament at the next election and are looking to 'maximise' there future employment opportunities. Skills and contact exaggeration is hardly new in any walk of life when looking for a job. I'm not defending them, I just don't find it surprising.<br /><br />I'm also tired of the documentary format that has journalist as star and 20 minutes of filler. Only slightly less irritating than watching the main news at to be presented with 'man on the street' opinionAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791883802739134495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-61802671713803917822010-03-23T13:55:35.977+00:002010-03-23T13:55:35.977+00:00I don't doubt that the MPs in the programme ar...I don't doubt that the MPs in the programme are venal enough to grasp uncritically at any chance of some free money but I note that they are almost exactly the same group of MPs that participated in a rather limp anti-Gordon Brown putsch a couple of months back and that the scandal over their misdeeds is conveniently eclipsing the bigger news of Tony Blair's huge profits from the Gulf War.<br /><br />I shrink from suggesting that Labour have deliberately hung these money-grabbers out to dry in order to bury the biggest political scandal in recorded history but, y'know, it's a thought isn't it?Mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09639836396121576665noreply@blogger.com