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We All Know That These Days One Must Be Most Careful What One Says, But Was There Any Need For Him To Apologise?
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I think so, yes.
A grovelling volte face was not required, or offered.
Mr Fallon was careless in his choice of words, and that was the expression he used to refer to them.
I would not see that as an actual apology - has he apologised in the true sense of the term?
I don;t think admitting his words were careless is the same as saying sorry for them.
I think Mr Fallon meant what he said, but could have chosen a less inflamatory expression.
A grovelling volte face was not required, or offered.
Mr Fallon was careless in his choice of words, and that was the expression he used to refer to them.
I would not see that as an actual apology - has he apologised in the true sense of the term?
I don;t think admitting his words were careless is the same as saying sorry for them.
I think Mr Fallon meant what he said, but could have chosen a less inflamatory expression.
/handle the truth/
THE truth baldric?
you mean there's only ever one?
interesting concept
in this case i don't think the towns were becoming flooded with water and the use of 'swamp' to mean overwhelm is usually applied to the inanimate, (work, orders, paper) not people.
Hence it is rude.
Saying that the towns' infrastructure is being put under severe pressure has the advantage over 'swamped' in that it is factual, not rude
and no less a Truth.
THE truth baldric?
you mean there's only ever one?
interesting concept
in this case i don't think the towns were becoming flooded with water and the use of 'swamp' to mean overwhelm is usually applied to the inanimate, (work, orders, paper) not people.
Hence it is rude.
Saying that the towns' infrastructure is being put under severe pressure has the advantage over 'swamped' in that it is factual, not rude
and no less a Truth.
According to The Oxford English Dictionary, the word 'swamp' - used figuratively, as in Fallon's case - means "to overwhelm by superior numbers". In how many towns in the UK are there more immigrants than native residents? If you can't think of any, then Fallon was clearly INcorrect and thus an apology was certainly in order.
Jack, it is certainly possible for immigrant children to 'swamp' a school, given that they often come from much larger families that 'standard' British ones. However, that is a very different matter from claiming that towns are being swamped. As a result, Mr Blunkett was probably quite right, whereas Mr Fallon is certainly not.
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/// Jack, it is certainly possible for immigrant children to 'swamp' a school, given that they often come from much larger families that 'standard' British ones. However, that is a very different matter from claiming that towns are being swamped. As a result, Mr Blunkett was probably quite right, whereas Mr Fallon is certainly not. ///
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/// Jack, it is certainly possible for immigrant children to 'swamp' a school, given that they often come from much larger families that 'standard' British ones. However, that is a very different matter from claiming that towns are being swamped. As a result, Mr Blunkett was probably quite right, whereas Mr Fallon is certainly not. ///
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