Peter Hain has been rather quiet this summer – getting over his deputy leadership defeat, no doubt - but now he has started making noises again.Today he is to be found in the pages of the Western Mail, playing his customary role of Mr Toad and boasting preposterously about how splendidly Labour are doing, “occupying the whole of the centre ground.”
He rather overplays his hand, however, when he asserts: “Over the summer we have established a reputation for competence, with the way the terror attacks and foot and mouth were handled.”
The terror attacks were certainly well handled by the police, but it is extraordinarily hard to see the foot and mouth episode as a testimony to government competence. After all, the outbreak resulted from a lapse in biosecurity at either a government-operated or a government-licensed laboratory. Gordon Brown and Hilary Benn must expect to receive a thorough roasting over the issue when Parliament reconvenes in October.
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I was thinking of mr Toad Hain this evening.
I was sitting in the same room as Mr Waldren, owner of the quay hotel Deganwy, who so graciously had Hain round to watch a Chelsea match, due to the hotel not having satellite TV at the time.
It took rather a lot of Police manpower up,all so he could watch the bloody match!in waldren's home!
Them and us, no doubt about it!!
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