The Independent reports that former British immigration minister Phil Woolas "lost his seat as an MP today after an election court ruled that he knowingly made false statements about an opponent in May's general election."Can you imagine if they enforced a law like that in the US? There wouldn't be an election winner who would survive the challenge.
Bloomberg notes Woolas was guilty of "an illegal practice" by making statements "he had no reasonable grounds for believing were true and did not believe were true."
"It is the first time in 99 years that an election has been overturned as a result of a candidate making false statements. Woolas told reporters he is applying for a judicial review of the decision."
Friday, November 05, 2010
Election Overturned Because Candidate Made "False Statements"
Not in the USA but in Britain:
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The LA Times basically said Jerry Brown lied to get the job:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-analysis-20101103,0,2153352.story
"...Jerry Brown propelled himself back into the governor's office Tuesday with a mix of guile, good luck and timing."
From dictionary.com:
Guile: insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
If this were enforced politicians would soon learn to speak a new language and civility would rule. The difficulty is in enforcing such rules is the English language itself. As near as I know innuendo is not treated as a falsehood, and politicians are generally expert in this art.
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