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Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Politicians who refuse to tell other than the whole truth...are quickly seen to be... either the whores or the eunuchs of the oldest profession. They may elicit our pity or inspire our contempt, but they can never command our respect.

Accountability needed

There was no impropriety whatsoever in my acquaintanceship with Miss Keeler...
BRUCE Hawker's fine appeal for public honesty and ministerial accountability thrusts straight to the heart of what truly underpins the hegemony of secular liberal democracy (a gravely threatened mode of public affairs which we in the West are defending against religious extremists and nihilists).

· Profumo [Australian:Bruce Hawker]
· Families of Influence:Tucker [SMH ]