Following my deeply involved discourse analysis of Gordon Brown's response templates, I've picked out a few examples of where GB's reasoning boils down to "doing the right thing".
On 42-day detention without charge - "We have made a judgment, after looking at all the evidence, including the evidence from the police and security services, that this is the right thing to do."
On availability of prison places - "we will make our decisions on the right thing to do about early release."
On detention without trial, while purporting to support civil liberties, when in fact sprinting in the opposite direction of anything resembling a pro-civil liberties agenda - "surely the right thing for a Government to do is to respect the civil liberties of the individual by avoiding arbitrary treatment"
An on basically anything else the government are doing - "We make the right decisions at all times."
At least Colin Powell had pretty pictures when the US argued for invading Iraq. Please Labour, can't we do better than this?
On 42-day detention without charge - "We have made a judgment, after looking at all the evidence, including the evidence from the police and security services, that this is the right thing to do."
On availability of prison places - "we will make our decisions on the right thing to do about early release."
On detention without trial, while purporting to support civil liberties, when in fact sprinting in the opposite direction of anything resembling a pro-civil liberties agenda - "surely the right thing for a Government to do is to respect the civil liberties of the individual by avoiding arbitrary treatment"
An on basically anything else the government are doing - "We make the right decisions at all times."
At least Colin Powell had pretty pictures when the US argued for invading Iraq. Please Labour, can't we do better than this?
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