tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227510978616624260.post2900099571331362609..comments2020-08-24T10:17:24.508+01:00Comments on The Vic's Blog: Election Special: View from the Vicarage - Whose Power?Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929385017239437750noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227510978616624260.post-38669538307288068272010-04-17T22:47:42.219+01:002010-04-17T22:47:42.219+01:00brilliant summary Vic; I think the cross-party deb...brilliant summary Vic; I think the cross-party debacle that was the expenses scandal is the perfect example of the difference between power and authority. no-one in a position of true authority would have allowed themselves or those around them to become so far embroiled in such astonishing and blatant corruption despite the air of legitimacy that parliamentary rules lent. a person with a true sense of justice and propriety would have vocally challenged colleagues and the very legislation that allowed this to take place, rather than wait until it was whistleblown and then cry "well I didn't do it because I could see the law was wrong". even in our lifetime we've seen far too many seemingly good parliamentary candidates do good honest work as back-benchers, only to become some ghost of their former moral self when ascended to cabinet or front-bench office.p-a-dhttp://tollboothmusic.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.com