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Article: Leading Article: Yeo's fall serves as a warning
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 6, 1994
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IN FAILING to save Tim Yeo, the Government has fallen victim to
its own cynicism and political manipulation. Ministers have
pandered for months to the reactionary, moralistic impulses of Tory
right-wingers. They have pilloried single parents who, usually
through no fault of their own, transgress traditional norms. Who
can blame party activists for thinking that ministers actually
believe in and live by their own ugly propaganda?
A year ago, the Environment Minister's head might not have
rolled. Cabinet ministers have successfully steered themselves out
of broken marriages. An injudicious subsidised holiday, not
adultery, finally killed David Mellor's political career. The
Transport ...