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Tue 03 Mar 2009Absurd and cynical abuse of powers
OPINION:LET’S GET this straight. It is not indecent to award yourself six-figure bonuses for destroying the banking system. Or to deliver lectures on public policy while moving heaven and earth to make sure that the taxman doesn’t get hold of one red cent more than you can avoid. Or to expect children to learn in corridors and cloakrooms because their schools are so overcrowded.
It is not indecent to condemn cystic fibrosis sufferers to die seven or eight years earlier than they should.
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