Today's stupid question
Asked by none other than Mr Bliar (surprise!):
"How do we protect the principle of ending discrimination against gay people and at the same time protect those vulnerable children who are at the present time being placed through - and after care provided by - Catholic agencies who everyone accepts do a great job with some of the most disturbed youngsters?"
Simple: don't let the Catholic church blackmail you!
This 'leave us out or we'll shut down' attitude really reminds me of how small children sometimes scream and break their toys rather than let the nice kid from next door play with them too.
Harriet Harman talks sense: "You can either be against discrimination or you can allow for it. You can't be a little bit against discrimination."
Precisely! I don't know why it'll take Mr B a week to work that out...