Something to hide, Boris?
You’d be forgiven for think so after this news:
A planned inquiry into claims against former London deputy mayor Ray Lewis has been dropped by Boris Johnson.
And after Boris had been so staunch in his defence of Lewis only days ago. Isn’t he interested in clearing his friend’s name? You can imagine the collective screeching from the right-wing press and bloggers if this had been Ken Livingstone.
Demands for inquiries into anything from the Tories will sound a bit two-faced from now one, won’t they? A government in waiting? This kicking stuff into the long grass to avoid embarrassment heralds a Tory party ready to hit the ground running on day one with every cynical, shitty, contemptuous crypto-Blairite trick at its disposal. They’ve cracked it by the looks of it. All hail our new Tory overlords.
We’re told we want choice in everything from health care to schools provision. When do we get a real choice in our politics?
(Via Boris Watch)
Posted on July 7th, 2008 at 8:55am under Tories
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I suspect that Boris dropped the investigation because Ray Lewis has quit to clear his own name instead – why would Boris need to investigate someone who is currently being scrutinised by external parties?
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I suspect that Boris dropped the investigation because he let Ray Lewis drop him in the shit and doesn’t want any more revelations coming out.
What Justin said. Which external parties are going to scrutinise Father Ted Lewis, then?
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Sorry, I didn’t mean political parties – I meant other groups. If the Church of England has got so much dirt on Lewis, why didn’t they investigate him before? Why didn’t they find out what happened when the original accusations were made? What right have they got to complain about Boris not investigating someone who had complaints made about them when he was a vicar in the 1990’s?
It’s all just a smokescreen to cover for their own incompetence. I have no desire to see taxpayers’ money used to investigate Lewis when the chance to assess his guilt was passed up by the Church of England.
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To be fair to the C of E, its not that easy to investigate the Mr Lewis. He did run off the the Windward Islands and has shown an Archeresque tendency to re-create reality to suit his needs.
What constitutional roles does the C of E play in investigating high-ranking political appointees? What role does the appointing party play in investigating high-ranking political parties.
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