Jacqui Smith may well have informed the relevant parliamentary authorities about her living arrangements and I am sure she does have a letter telling her that her arrangements conform to the letter of the rules. However, does she really think her arrangements fit the spirit of the law ?
If we asked 100 people on the street the simple question, which of these is the person's main home ?
a) The house they own. The house where their spouse and children live. The house where the children go to school from.
or
b) Their sister's spare bedroom where they spend a few nights a week.
How many people would answer (b) ?
I think we all know the answer.
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7/19/2007
Honesty pays off for Jacqui Smith over drugs past
Well done to Jacqui Smith for having the honesty to admit that she took cannabis more than 25 years ago whilst at university in Oxford.
As David Cameron said, every politician has the right to have a past, but I think Jacqui Smith has been completely right to avoid the Cameron line of maintaining a complete silence. Politicians can come over too often as preachy and holier than thou and for a politician to hold their hands up and say "I was wrong", is refreshing.
I am sure that people would hold MP's in higher esteem if they were more honest and didn't try and hide their past.
Over to you Mr Cameron.
UPDATE - It is worth nothing that Jacqui Smith was in Sedgefield on Monday for the by-election and on that day Labour were distributing leaflets attacking Greg Stone, the Lib Dem candidate for admitting having done what Jacqui Smith had done. What a hypocritical bunch labour are.
As David Cameron said, every politician has the right to have a past, but I think Jacqui Smith has been completely right to avoid the Cameron line of maintaining a complete silence. Politicians can come over too often as preachy and holier than thou and for a politician to hold their hands up and say "I was wrong", is refreshing.
I am sure that people would hold MP's in higher esteem if they were more honest and didn't try and hide their past.
Over to you Mr Cameron.
UPDATE - It is worth nothing that Jacqui Smith was in Sedgefield on Monday for the by-election and on that day Labour were distributing leaflets attacking Greg Stone, the Lib Dem candidate for admitting having done what Jacqui Smith had done. What a hypocritical bunch labour are.
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