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by tobiashomer » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:00 am
TinTinTin, "considered" is a big word. Even the Green Paper contains selected quotes from supposed members of the public, chosen to give an air of diversity to the document and the impression that many viewpoints were listened to and "considered". But we know that this is only a tactical manoeuvre on the part lf Liam "slash-and-Byrne".
The only way for dissenting viewpoints to be taken into account is for those whose interests are harmed and/or disregarded to make so much noise that it gets into the tabloids and the opinion polls; for it is in those surrogates for future voting intentions that this Government gets its "principles". The campaign against the egregious 4-to-5 retrospective change that caused so much grief (and the departure of several thousand migrants, hoy hoy hoy!) never caught the public imagination, as those harmed were ordinary, solvent, tax-paying working stiffs.