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rail · May 7th 09, 10:19 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

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On Thu, 7 May 2009 02:59:21 -0700 (PDT)
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John Major's Tory government was accused of sleaze and incompetence but
nothing they did bears more than the slightest resemblance to the
institutionalised gross corruption and negligence of this NuLabour lot.

No, *everything* they did is *almost exactly identical*.

Not really. The tories were more into personal sleeze,

Prosecuting Matrix Churchill to try and cover up their dodgy arms deals with
Saddam Hussein?

with labour its more political sleeze. And TBH even in the worst excesses
of the Major goverment no politicians career would survive 2 forced
resignations from government. Even Archer didn't manage that. Yet theres
mandelson , still with his finger on the pulse.

Good point, though Archer, and his 'fragrant' wife, were lucky not to have
faced far more serious criminal charges than he actually did.

Mandelson's return merely points out the paucity of talent in the current
labour party.

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