The Diary of Barrister ‘A’: Tuesday 6th March 07
An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told.
Richard III, 4. 4
So one moment the A-G is gagging the BBC and sundry newspapers, then there appears to be a relaxation, then there appears to be no objection by the A-G and we learn from the BBC website … and I quote: “No 10 aide Ruth Turner was concerned a version of events put to her by Lord Levy was untrue, the BBC has learned in new cash for honours developments.” The focus seems to have switched from (1) Did anyone sell honours? to (2) Is there a cover-up. The BBC reports: “Neil O’May, from Lord Levy’s solicitors Bindman & Partners, said he “categorically denies any wrong-doing whatsoever”. The investigation drags on.
It did not surprise me to find comment that Blair is becoming ‘delusional’. Frankly the dying days of The Blair Protectorate are reminiscent of Kurosawa’s King Lear variant ‘Ran’. But who is lurking in the shadows? Who will take the crown?
Charles Clarke and Alan Millburn have set up The 2020 Vision – a forum for considered, reflective debate or, as some allege, a vehicle to get Brown. There is not much on it – apart from Tony (‘Baldrick’) Robinson setting the scene “Isn’t it worth suspending our scepticism for a few moments and joining in the debate proposed by Charles and Alan, particularly as the Tories’ current success in the opinion polls has coincided with their acknowledgement that party orthodoxy doesn’t necessarily have a monopoly on wisdom?”
I’m not sure we really want Brown, the ‘wuthering height?”
Wuthering height? surely he is The Clunking Fist….anyway we don’t want him, thank you very much. Not of course that we are particularly mad about any of the other contenders. Oh gawd, its all so boooooring, do we HAVE to pay attention? Nobody but thee and me gives a flying fuck about it, it’s such a waste of time.
I would have thought that the tactic of leaking the evidence to the press so that you can then claim that no fair trial is possible smacks a bit of desperation. If I were a gambling man though it would be Levy for the slammer. 🙂
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