Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Guardian Letters: Cash without Honour


RH Page has it about right I think in today's Guardian letter's page:

Whatever may, or may not, have gone on in respect of cash for honours, it seems likely that it reflects accepted practice by all three main political parties over many years. Representatives of all three parties have been questioned. Is it really appropriate that the entire mainstream British political establishment should be traduced under a law which has long lain dormant, at the behest of nationalists, with an obvious axe to grind, and certain elements in the Metropolitan police about whose motives for pursuing this matter with such vigour it is possible to speculate?

Couple of contrary views from the same source posted in comments. The one implying the Guardian has thwarted the investigation by its reporting is to my eyes hilariously silly. And Blair's Harry Worth moment proves he's not a vampire.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Grauniad's refusal to back down over the attorney general's gagging order is one of the reasons why I'm proud to be a reader (Judge's refusal to gag the Guardian, March 6). Courage, mon ami.
Steven Calrow
Liverpool

Anonymous said...

Damn you for publishing details of the alleged "cash for honours" case. Your buccaneering idiocy may well weaken any potential for charges being laid - and the chance for the people of this country to see British politics being cleaned up.
John Knight
Ilford, Essex