Summary
THE Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair took an unusual wise step when he said he would have nothing to do with decisions on the cash for honours question because his namesake was a mate. The Director of Public Prosecutions did the same.
Both will be thanking the gods they did. Because if the marathon police inquiry comes to nothing the Yard and the CPS will be in deep trouble. And rightly so. The dawn arrest of Downing Street aide Ruth Turner - a method used either for dangerous criminals or by police who want dramatic publicity to pile on the pressure - was deliberately provocative. Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice is an entirely different ball game to selling honours. That is serious slammer time. So Assistant Commissioner John Yates and his team better have some pretty damning evidence.See the full content of this document
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This Is Not Watergate
The continuing public humiliation of twice-arrested chief fundraiser Lord Levy, a fussy individual very p...
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