With respect, WLD, I did not indeed come down in the last, or in fact any, shower, but I must confess that I cannot see how DD can make any personal gain out of what he has done this time.

He has certainly thrown away any chance of a ministerial post, and there is every likelihood that he will lose his constituency in the fullness of time.

I am as cynical as the next man where politicians of any stripe are concerned, but is it really impossible that one last step too far could push one politico into putting principle before career.

In answer to your last sentence, reading the posts again, on this, and a couple of other threads, should elicit the fact that I have indeed been (wrongly) accused of stupidity, dishonesty, and a lack of concern for any but my own civil rights.

Much of this from our resident rabid leftie, who does profess to be a working class LAWYER. Now if you want the unbelievable, that'll take a bit of beating.

Don T.