In response to Chris McGovern: Stop self-flagellating, get on with educating,

Labour_is_bunk wrote:

Only through admission of shame and guilt can the sins be expiated.

Except that it doesn’t work out that way – they still come back for more, if only to keep their nice, cosy, taxpayer-funded jobs and justify their existence.

This is similar to all the ‘liberal’ legislation since the late 60s – race relations, abortion, homosexuality, ‘women’s rights’, etc. Has any of this appeased the tub-thumpers and grievance-mongers? I think not.

This has also called to mind one of the first acts of Blair as PM – it seems like he couldn’t wait to ‘apologise’ for the Irish Potato Famine. Made all the difference, hasn’t it?