http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/05/14/john-redwood-reviews-political-hypocrisy-by-david-runciman/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:45:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/05/14/john-redwood-reviews-political-hypocrisy-by-david-runciman/#comment-20535 mikestallard Thu, 15 May 2008 18:38:19 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=1075#comment-20535 OK, throughout History, rulers have said one thing and done another. Saul and David? David and Bath Sheba? Absalom? Themistocles? Augustus and the empire? I could go on.... (sentence left out) So? What is different nowadays (thank heavens) is the press which caters to all tastes. Blair understood that the medium is the message - it doesn't matter what you do, so long as it looks right. A politician nowadays has every single chance of getting caught. And that must be very scary for people in the public view. OK, throughout History, rulers have said one thing and done another. Saul and David? David and Bath Sheba? Absalom? Themistocles? Augustus and the empire? I could go on….
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What is different nowadays (thank heavens) is the press which caters to all tastes. Blair understood that the medium is the message - it doesn’t matter what you do, so long as it looks right.
A politician nowadays has every single chance of getting caught.
And that must be very scary for people in the public view.

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