Histomat: Adventures in Historical Materialism

'Historical materialism is the theory of the proletarian revolution.' Georg Lukács

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Former defence secretary in truth telling shock

Bob Ainsworth MP, a former defence secretary, caused something of a scandal and a stir in Parliament today by telling the truth. Labour leader Ed Miliband has acted quickly to distance himself from former minister and what were described by a spokesman as his 'extremely irresponsible' comments, adding 'I don't know what he was thinking'.

Just say No, Kids

Ed Miliband warned of the potentially harmful dangers if more politicians tried telling the truth on occasion or even became addicted. 'I worry about the effects on young people, the message that we would be sending out'.

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