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Waterboarding and the Whips |
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Written by Austin Mitchell
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08 July 2008 |
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It is wrong to say that my black eye is the result of persuasion to vote for 42 days detention. Nor are they waterboarding (see Vanity Fair, August pp.46-49 and vf.com for the full honour – but don’t tell Tommy McAvoy). I voted for it entirely voluntarily and out of my own deep stupidity.
Readers should note that my forthcoming appointment as resident governor of Rockall is a belated recognition of my abilities and in no way a reward for voting with the Government.
That reward will come later. Along with Lord Varzi’s.
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I saw Miliband on the way
He had a face like Castlereagh
But that’s good for a Foreign Secretary. |
