if i'm concerned in any project at work and there is a meeting to dicuss that project, my employer expects me to turn up to the meeting, regardless of whether i might get some flack in the meeting. failure to attend could lead to disciplinary action being taken against me.



so how come bliar can play truant from the parliamentary debate on hutton?



surely we, the british public, as his employer, have good reason to expect him to turn up to explain his behaviour?



i suspect he will turn up if the report - which he'll be able to read in advance - is kind to him, but that he won't turn up if it's critical of him.



this little coward should resign now. he must not be allowed to treat us with distain. he's an employee, not a ruler - let's start treating him as such.