Thursday, October 06, 2005
Someone asked Question Time about the really dumb Dr Liam Fox flag idea.
David Starkey, a revelation of stupidity so far in the programme, supports it of
course. Anne McElvoy says she's glad that in Britain we needn't do such stuff.
Francis Maude, whom I've always rather respected, says that reclaiming the flag
for Britain is a good idea, but that we needn't do the policy, emphasising that
Liam Fox isn't leader of the Tories, and having earlier said that he was neutral
as chairman in the leadership debate, he really did reject the policy. Good on
you; it's one of the worst ideas I've heard in a very long time. Lib Dem and
Labour MPs Jo Swinson and Douglas Alexander also say that forcing schools to do
so would be silly.
