Comments on: Anti Terror Legislation http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/10/1526 Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Roger Huffadine http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/10/1526#comment-2862 Roger Huffadine Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:15:48 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/10/1526#comment-2862 You have to feel sorry for Tony - yes really :)) his advisers are so piss poor that they get him backing a wrong horse every time. Then someone has told him that being a good leader means never having to say you are sorry and he believed them too. It would help if there were people in the civil service who could draft reasonable legislation. I have to assume that they are using apprentices at the moment, like they did with the Hunting with Dogs act. It sort of begs the question "what are all the experienced civil service lawyers doing and why are we paying them?" You have to feel sorry for Tony - yes really :)) his advisers are so piss poor that they get him backing a wrong horse every time. Then someone has told him that being a good leader means never having to say you are sorry and he believed them too.

It would help if there were people in the civil service who could draft reasonable legislation. I have to assume that they are using apprentices at the moment, like they did with the Hunting with Dogs act.

It sort of begs the question "what are all the experienced civil service lawyers doing and why are we paying them?"

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