New Labour hypocrisy

Haha. That’s what I have to say to New Labour. Haha. I mean talk about revealing yourselves at every turn. This time it’s Ruth Kelly who seems to delight in decrying the not in my backyarders but then turns out to be one herself:

Ruth Kelly faced fresh embarrassment as she was branded a hypocrite for denouncing Nimbyism while opposing a series of housing developments in her constituency.
Local planners said Ms Kelly, the new Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, was a regular campaigner against new housing in her Bolton West constituency, despite saying she wanted to "root out" the not-in-my-backyard attitude of householders.

I’ve never been happy about the term NIMBYISM when it’s been thrown about by elected politicians. I mean, they are the worst offenders, what with all that ”working for the best interests of my constituents” and the ”listening to the demands of my local community” seemingly without a care in the world for the people in the next constituency.

When New Labour lose a seat they say ”oh well, it was about local issues, we must do better” and in the next breath it’s all ”oh local issues, don’t be such a NIMBY”. What are they like eh?

There's an idea. The Little Red Book of New Labour Hypocrisy. Try and keep it under 600 pages.

Posted by John at May 11, 2006 01:16 PM | TrackBack