tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843639989368129214.post7478797612468325292..comments2023-08-13T16:11:21.566+01:00Comments on OCKHAM'S RAZOR: Healthy legacy of the expenses scandalStravagantisimohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04363192043407917261noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843639989368129214.post-65749708256629528512010-05-09T08:25:51.773+01:002010-05-09T08:25:51.773+01:00I am sure that character does matter in the ultima...I am sure that character does matter in the ultimate shape and integrity of one's life. However, it is sometimes also, at least for political purposes, a question of what sort of negative 'tag' can be attached to you that brings you down on election day. <br /><br />Certainly 'expenses'claiming was such a tag and I am glad that those who deserved it ended up 'owning' it. However, when the Tories handed out a circular just before election day in Oxford which listed Evan Harris' more left/lib secularist positions and memberships, it created what could be described as a negative 'tag' for some people who might otherwise have voted for him. My wife and I were certainly two such people.<br /><br />But in this case, perhaps his position-taking and memberships are the result of good character, though it may be in a bad cause or<br />so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com