What would your paper boy say?
Rather strange start to the Telegraph's leader:To listen to Labour ministers is often to get the impression that they do not think that ordinary codes of behaviour apply to them. After all, if you asked the person who delivers your newspaper in the morning, or who comes to clean your house: "Do you have a[n offshore] bank account?" you would not expect the answer: "I am afraid I cannot possibly comment."
Eh? That is exactly the answer, albeit in more straightforward language, I would expect from my milkman (I don't get the papers delivered), and cleaner if I had one. Ministers shouldn't have offshore bank accounts, and should answer reasonable questions, but the analogy doesn't make sense.
posted by Matthew @ 3/05/2006 03:37:00 PM
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