tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post112678445269555177..comments2024-02-04T09:15:50.839+00:00Comments on Mars Hill: Private Eye!Paul Burginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06718135185726733792noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post-1126871544523804472005-09-16T12:52:00.000+01:002005-09-16T12:52:00.000+01:00Indeed. Policy-wise, he's unlikely to be any diffe...Indeed. Policy-wise, he's unlikely to be any different from Blair and Brown, but the choices he has made in his business career clearly compromise his independence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post-1126796947436838422005-09-15T16:09:00.000+01:002005-09-15T16:09:00.000+01:00I totally agree, the hypothesis was if his whole c...I totally agree, the hypothesis was if his whole career was in the Labour Party, as opposed to the ConservativesPaul Burginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718135185726733792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post-1126792449235912262005-09-15T14:54:00.000+01:002005-09-15T14:54:00.000+01:00If he was in the Labour Party and was standing for...If he was in the Labour Party and was standing for the Leadership after Tony Blair quit, I think I'd hold the fact that he served in Thatcher's and Major's cabinets against them rather more than his links with the tobacco industry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com