I AM NOT KING HEROD

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HEROD. MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENT

EXPLANATION: “ the name came to be applied to cruel monsters and the worst kinds of tyrants.”

Dictionary of Bible Quotations, compiled by Martin H. Manser

#1 Used of cruel treatment of children (rare); jocularly of severe criticism, especially of the work of young people (writers, scientists, ect.)

# 2 “The scenes in which her babies are snatched away are no doubt intended to evoke parallels with Herod’s massacre of the innocent. ”

(The Guardian)

# 3 “It also revived memorises of a pledge the scallywag made years ago when invited to be patron of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Quite apart from the fact that the invitation was a bit like asking Herod to look after your children, it underlined how gullible are the people who run our sports, and how bedazzled they are by the cult of personality.”

(The Guardian)

# 4 “Anthony Gibson, regional director of the National Farmer’s Union, said the calf’s slaughter would ‘ make King Herod look like a humanitarian’ .”

(The Guardian)

I AM NOT KING HEROD

we have to deal with failed asylum seekers who refuse to leave. I have no desire to take children from parents and put them in care unless it is an absolute last resort. I did not come into politics to be the King Herod of the Labour party. All we are saying is that if failed claimants continue to refuse our offer to fly them home and help them resettle, we cannot provide indefinite state benefits.

David Blunkett was the home secretary (The Guardian)

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