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So his role as Leader of the House was at least slightly more influential than, say, if he was given the role of 'Cabinet Enforcer'?
And yes, I would like to see an informed and intelligent discussion on the relative merits of resigning in protest at the decision to go to war in Iraq during the commons vote on the subject, as Robin Cook did, or staying in the cabinet, despite personal misgivings, hoping to have some posative influence in the post conflict in Iraq situation, resigning only when it becomes apparent that this is less that possible, as Claire Short seems to have done.
Personally, I slightly torn on the issue; I can see the reasoning behind both courses of action, I can also see that having both resign at the same time would have had a greater impact, but ultimately have difficulty believing that even if half the cabinet had resigned we would not have gone to war. I can also see why Claire Short, as Minister for Overseas Development might have thought she could have important work to do in post conflict Iraq and thus stayed on, despite any misgivings she might have had, realizing that the drive for war was inevitable. |
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