Organised Hypocrisy
Politics is often portrayed as organised hypocrisy - because politicians, of all parties, are so adept at saying one thing - then doing another.
Vince Cable - the business secretary - has been exposed for doing just that - in a sting operation organised by the Daily Telegraph.
The rules of the game are that the personal and private views of politicians - must never come before the interests of party or government.
So Vince lost the responsibility for presiding over a big business deal involving the media mogul, Rupert Murdoch - which was inevitable given his role as a supposedly impartial referee.
But he kept his position in the cabinet which is probably correct - because Vince seems a fair minded person - as opposed to political zealot.
Perhaps the reason Vince Cable was not cast adrift completely - is that the public have become inured to politicians behaving in a completely cynical fashion.
For years the Labour party insisted that Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were best friends - but as soon as they lost power the truth emerges - they were really deadly rivals and, latterly, political enemies.
Vince Cable - the business secretary - has been exposed for doing just that - in a sting operation organised by the Daily Telegraph.
The rules of the game are that the personal and private views of politicians - must never come before the interests of party or government.
So Vince lost the responsibility for presiding over a big business deal involving the media mogul, Rupert Murdoch - which was inevitable given his role as a supposedly impartial referee.
But he kept his position in the cabinet which is probably correct - because Vince seems a fair minded person - as opposed to political zealot.
Perhaps the reason Vince Cable was not cast adrift completely - is that the public have become inured to politicians behaving in a completely cynical fashion.
For years the Labour party insisted that Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were best friends - but as soon as they lost power the truth emerges - they were really deadly rivals and, latterly, political enemies.
