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Originally Posted by joeysteele
Honestly Jamie,I don't get why Maggie seems to hold Ann responsible.
Ann was a shadow Home Secretary but the Cons were thrown out in 1997.
Ann wasn't MP for Rochdale,she represented a Southern seat.
She was in the shadow cabinet.
As Diane Abbott is now,who takes much notice of what Diane says now.
Labour were in power when this came about,for me it is Labour's Home Secretary of the time to be held account for it.
It may be Maggie doesn't care for Ann,Ann was a stern uncompromising Home secretary when in govt up to 1997.
That was well before this scandal however.
Goodness me,I love an opportunity to get at the Conservatives but it's only fair to lay blame for things going wrong in their time and not for things they would likely have no influence on.
In answer to your question,I doubt anyone would have listened to Ann or any other Conservative on this one.
So no,I cannot see how Ann could have done much at all,if anything since she and her Party were out,and well out of power at the time.
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Thanks Joey that makes a lot of sense. I suppose Maggie is probably laying blame with government in general and Ann just happens to be the closest thing to a 'representative' of them in the house hence why Maggie is talking about her specifically, but yeah it would be pretty unfair for her to actually be blamed for any of it.