A 'holiday' from politics, more or less
Readers may have noticed I have posted nothing about current events recently, partly as a result of my computer problems. However, I also decided that the month of August should be more or less politics-free here, despite the high drama being played out in the wake of the suicide of David Kelly, the person at the centre of the storm for allegedly having been the source of leaks to the media which our government, and it seems our Prime Minister (Tony Blair) and our Defence Secretary (Geoff Hoon) both took a personal interest in how the earlier Parliamentary Select Committee operated in that they both insisted that Mr Kelly should testify, despite advice to the contrary from the senior Civil Servant in the Ministry of Defence.
Whilst I still believe (strongly) that it was correct to take action to topple Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq, I can't help feeling that both Blair and Hoon have allowed their appetites for 'spin' to outweigh what would have been sounder political decisions; they do seem to believe that any old rubbish fed to the public (through compliant media) will be swallowed whole. This government (of which Tony Blair is Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) now has a lengthy record of 'leaking' stories designed to attempt to diminish the character and personal integrity in the mind of the public of anyone who disagrees with it - Mr Kelly is just the latest, although probably the most horrific, example.
No more in this vein, though, until 1st September.
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