Date published: 2005/09/27
The BBC says:
Charles Clarke has vowed to "eliminate" anti-social behaviour and disrespect in society by the time of the next general election "whenever it comes".
The home secretary also denied government policy was to blame for the 7 July London bombings.
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"It is not some particular government policy decision, or even some overall policy stance, which we could change and somehow remove our society from their firing line," Mr Clarke said.
This reads like a joke. First of all, any ten-year old would know that no government or society could ever "eliminate" anti-social behaviour. So the implication must be that there is never going to be another general election. Secondly, nobody has claimed that Britain would never be subject to a terrorist attack if Britain had not waged an illegal war in Iraq. It's just that such an attack was made much more likely.
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