Another closed gate

By Jane Clifton In Politics

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29th July, 2006
It's getting very samey. Minister behaves badly. Gets found out. Is suspended. Insanely long, drawn-out inquiry follows. Dance of seven veils by PM accompanies long wait for final draft of report. Numerous Umbrian summer retreats for lawyers and their families are funded in the interim. Report is sufficiently inconclusive that no further action need be taken. MP gets seven bells knocked out of him behind scenes. Fronts up to media scrum with PM, and is defended stoutly. Displays carefully measured smidgen of remorse for "making a mistake". Assumes right to get on with comfortable high-status ...

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