Friday 12 June 2009

Deflection

THE art of politics is sometimes to deflect attention from one’s own woes. It would be a petty person who would suggest that the review of Civil Service bonuses announced by Finance Minister Nigel Dodds was in any way an attempt to deflect attention from the MPs’ expenses ‘row’.

But in this climate it was perhaps not best judged for any politician to issue a statement saying they wanted to see ‘fairness’.

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