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Should Nick Clegg have sacked Jenny Tonge?

Selected Version - Version 2 (Current Version) : 15 Feb 2010 | 17:25 | booji

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On the point: controversy is the job

There is however a party whip and a party line that should be followed. Tonge has gone against the party's viewpoint by the demand for an investigation and so has embarassed the lib dem party so it is right that she should be fired from her position within that party. This does not mean that her freedom of speach is affected.

Dont we have MPs and political parties to express their views openly and freely? Regardless of whether she thinks the IDF was engaged in such practices does not invalidate a comment that there should be an inquiry. Thinking there should be an inquiry is a totally different thing to thinking it is true, it seems to be the response of a questioning mind, precicely what we have parliament for. Nick Clegg has just gone and shot the lib dems in the foot by proving that they do not support free speach.

Yes, because...

 

No, because... controversy is the job

There is however a party whip and a party line that should be followed. Tonge has gone against the party's viewpoint by the demand for an investigation and so has embarassed the lib dem party so it is right that she should be fired from her position within that party. This does not mean that her freedom of speach is affected.

 

Dont we have MPs and political parties to express their views openly and freely? Regardless of whether she thinks the IDF was engaged in such practices does not invalidate a comment that there should be an inquiry. Thinking there should be an inquiry is a totally different thing to thinking it is true, it seems to be the response of a questioning mind, precicely what we have parliament for. Nick Clegg has just gone and shot the lib dems in the foot by proving that they do not support free speach.