Monday, December 18, 2006
"Jail the Chief"
The Times reports here on the latest from the loans for lordships affair.
We're told: "the investigation has widened to include a suspected cover-up by those around the Prime Minister ... A prosecution source said: “There is more than a suspicion that evidence has not been handed over, people have colluded and the police are not being helped.
More detail is helpfully given: "The possibility of charges on perverting the course of justice was discussed by CPS lawyers after meetings with police. Such charges can be brought if a person tries to interfere with an investigation that might bring criminal proceedings. The charge, which carries a maximum life sentence, ... . According to the CPS, “it does not matter whether or not the act results in a perversion of the course of justice: the offence is committed when acts tending and intended to pervert a course of justice are done”.
It certainly doesn't bode well. The Prime Minister is enmeshed in this scandal and has brought shame and dishonour not just on himself and his family, but on the office he holds and on the nation. The loans business was bad enough on its own, but now (and unfortunately it comes as no surprise) we can see a culture of deceit and dishonesty. Tony Blair is supposed to be responsible for the government and even if he has no direct involvement with any alleged "cover-up" he has at least allowed and possibly encouraged this rotten culture right at the very heart of our country.
We are told that The Times on Saturday reported: "... his [Tony Blairs'] evidence contradicted that of his close friend, Lord Levy, who will now be interviewed again." [authors' additions] Clearly one of these two (shall we say) must be in error and the investigation seems to be going as I predicted, in that the interview with Blair was just a first tentative step. If he is innocent, and presuming he is genuine about leaving office, he should resign now and concentrate on clearing his name thus leaving the office he holds as unsullied as possible.
Personally I can't see that happening although I hope we're not treated to the spectacle of the Prime Minister leaving Downing Street handcuffed in a police car. These are serious charges, and whilst this cloud hangs over Downing Street, the office of Prime Minister cannot be effectively carried out. When something like this reaches this level there are no excuses, no "poor deprived childhood", no "not my job", no "just following orders" and no "not my responsibility". There are many benefits and much power associated with high office, but very few realise the burden such carries, a better person would never have allowed themselves to get into such a position and Blair must "carry the can" for his failings.
It's so ironic though, a Socialist Prime Minister, who has been responsible for curtailing our freedoms and inflicting all sorts of nonsense upon us, and what's going to get him? Dirty little bourgeois deals involving affectations such as titles of nobility. You should have left these things to the capitalists comrade! Socialists earn their living by the sweat of their brow!
We're told: "the investigation has widened to include a suspected cover-up by those around the Prime Minister ... A prosecution source said: “There is more than a suspicion that evidence has not been handed over, people have colluded and the police are not being helped.
More detail is helpfully given: "The possibility of charges on perverting the course of justice was discussed by CPS lawyers after meetings with police. Such charges can be brought if a person tries to interfere with an investigation that might bring criminal proceedings. The charge, which carries a maximum life sentence, ... . According to the CPS, “it does not matter whether or not the act results in a perversion of the course of justice: the offence is committed when acts tending and intended to pervert a course of justice are done”.
It certainly doesn't bode well. The Prime Minister is enmeshed in this scandal and has brought shame and dishonour not just on himself and his family, but on the office he holds and on the nation. The loans business was bad enough on its own, but now (and unfortunately it comes as no surprise) we can see a culture of deceit and dishonesty. Tony Blair is supposed to be responsible for the government and even if he has no direct involvement with any alleged "cover-up" he has at least allowed and possibly encouraged this rotten culture right at the very heart of our country.
We are told that The Times on Saturday reported: "... his [Tony Blairs'] evidence contradicted that of his close friend, Lord Levy, who will now be interviewed again." [authors' additions] Clearly one of these two (shall we say) must be in error and the investigation seems to be going as I predicted, in that the interview with Blair was just a first tentative step. If he is innocent, and presuming he is genuine about leaving office, he should resign now and concentrate on clearing his name thus leaving the office he holds as unsullied as possible.
Personally I can't see that happening although I hope we're not treated to the spectacle of the Prime Minister leaving Downing Street handcuffed in a police car. These are serious charges, and whilst this cloud hangs over Downing Street, the office of Prime Minister cannot be effectively carried out. When something like this reaches this level there are no excuses, no "poor deprived childhood", no "not my job", no "just following orders" and no "not my responsibility". There are many benefits and much power associated with high office, but very few realise the burden such carries, a better person would never have allowed themselves to get into such a position and Blair must "carry the can" for his failings.
It's so ironic though, a Socialist Prime Minister, who has been responsible for curtailing our freedoms and inflicting all sorts of nonsense upon us, and what's going to get him? Dirty little bourgeois deals involving affectations such as titles of nobility. You should have left these things to the capitalists comrade! Socialists earn their living by the sweat of their brow!
Tags: justice, corruption, Labour
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Labels: corruption, Labour
