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Ark Royal. We have been here before, have we not? The self-appointed three-man committee ruled against the MOD finding, but then the Mull Lobby Champion, Lord Chalfont, insisted (against the strong advice of the whips) on dividing the House. This meant that all of the Lords with an interest, and not merely the three self-appointed so-called experts, could give their opinion. So, in a democratic society, just what is your complaint?
Brian Dixon. Bleary eyed or not, if they felt so strongly, or if the case were so clear, then why were they not present both for the debate and for the vote? The plain fact is that only very few of the Lords were persuaded that MOD had got it wrong. Can you offer any other explanation? Meanwhile, the arguments against he MOD verdict seem to me to becoming ever more desparate. Regards as always, JP
Last edited by John Purdey; 13th Feb 2008 at 16:24.
Reason: another opinion to be refuted