Ruth Kelly: "My stomach turned listening to the debate. This is a very serious tragedy... I thought the tone adopted by the Conservative leader was inappropriate."
Chair of the Children Schools and Families Select Committee Barry Sheerman on Cameron: "It was purely party political; it was the leader of a party who says 'how can we get the most attention in the headlines today'."
Chair of the Children Schools and Families Select Committee Barry Sheerman on Cameron: "It was purely party political; it was the leader of a party who says 'how can we get the most attention in the headlines today'."
I don’t understand the criticism from Labour MPs. They have criticised Cameron’s tone and said he was being party political. But his tone was fine until he was accused by Brown of trying to make the death of Baby P into a party political issue. His tone then changed understandably. As for the charge that he was being party political, Cameron said nothing about Haringey council being run by council. Cameron’s very reasonable substantive point, which he repeated several times, was simply that Sharon Shoesmith, the Children's Services director of Haringey's Children's Services department, should not be allowed to investigate the failings of her own department because clearly she is not independent. The fact that the Prime Minister could not agree just goes to show that Brown is always a factional, partisan leader who constantly makes political calculations. He could not bring himself to criticise a Labour council. But this is bigger than which party runs which council. I repeat what I said in my last post, if Tony Blair was PM this would not have happened. Once Brown is forced to depart from his script the empathy runs out and then we see his ugly political side come out. Labour and Gordon Brown should be ashamed of themselves. Despite what Kelly and Sheerman et al say, Cameron can hold his head up high. Can they?
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Actually the party political points came from Brown. They always do - he can't answer a question without making reference to past events.
Prior to the exchange he brought up 3million unemployed - which was something that happened 25 years ago.
And when Cameron asked the question, Brown started going on about 'all sides of the house' which is in itself a party political point.
At best he is a student debater - yet obver an issue of such seriousness and concern, it proves he is totally devoid of humanity and a disgrace to his office.
Which is equally ditto for the labour MP's who are attempting to follow him down this path of disgracefulness, in the hope that they can get a few points on an opinion poll: not caring that they are doing it on the back of dead baby, and ignoring the fact that the authorities they are funding are a complete waste of money and in a sane society should be defending their actions in court - not hiding behind a review that will attempt to white wash the whole shabby affair.
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