The British Labour Whip comes across as a lying, weaselling jackass in this transcript of a secretly recorded conversation with a Labour MP who has taken such infuriating positions as waiting for UN approval before staging military interventions in Afghanistan.

PM: That is outrageous. You won’t even give us a free vote on whether we go to war – it is an issue which should be a matter of conscience.

HA: War is not a matter of conscience. Abortion and embryo research are matters of conscience, but not wars.

PM: Are you seriously saying blowing people up and killing people is not a moral issue?

HA: It is government policy that we are at war. You astound me. We can’t have a trusting relationship if you keep talking to the media without permission.

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