Guardian commenter 1971Thistle on why, no matter how bad the expenses scandal gets, the incumbent Labour government will never call an an election:
I think it’s the Guardian (And to be fair, other newspapers) who don’t get it.
The government knows it’s over, dead, finished for them. Almost none of them will be back, none to the jobs they so enjoyed and milked.So, if you know this is the last ride, and the last chance to fill there [sic] boots, they’re staying to the end. It’s last orders at the last chance saloon, and they’re having a lock-in to drink the bar dry before they go.
They do get it, and that’s why they’re doing nothing but procrastinating; using the time to fill up the trolleys one more time. Why throw out the bottle when there are still a few more drops to be wrung from it?
As Deep Throat said “follow the money”. If you do, it’s all rather simple…
