Simon O'Connor: Which one is it?

Whether protests on hospital plans or what you can wear on a night out, are we being consistent in our approach or just doing what suits us at the time.

Groucho Marx famously said, “these are my principles, and if you don't like them ... well, I have others.”

There appears to be growing cadre of people who really do have shifting principles depending on whether the situation suits them or not. Unlike Groucho, they are not comedians nor are trying to make a witty point.