Punishing leaks: time for some fairness
So shadow Home Office minister Damian Green is nicked after publishing leaked Home Office documents. That being the case, and in the spirit of fairness that Gordon Brown bangs on about all the bloody time, I take it we can look forward to every single cabinet minister having their offices turned over by anti-terrorism police. You know, if we’re expecting everyone to be treated even-handedly. Democracy and stuff, yeah?
After all, a leak is a leak is a leak whether it’s in the government’s favour or not. Does anybody think that, if the substance of the information leaked to Green had been ‘everything’s rosey at the Home Office’, he’d have had nine policemen standing around him yesterday?
Green was arrested for ‘aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring misconduct in public office’. That’s the subheading to the history of New Labour if ever there was one.
Posted on November 28th, 2008 at 8:26am under Affronts to democracy, New Labour, Tories, UK politics
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So basically, he was arrested for releasing information that was given to him about how incompetent Labour are. By all means go after the mole who provided him with this information, but unless Damian Green broke into the Home Office and stole the documents himself this is clearly a case of intimidation on the part of the government.
http://www.lettersfromatory.com
Agree strongly with Letters From A Tory – bare-faced, mob-handed, intimidation. I will be interested to learn exactly who ordered it be conducted in such a manner.
It smacks of a deliberate attempt pour encourager les autres.
Hmmm. As I recall “pour encourager les autres” actually involved hanging people as opposed to asking them questions in a police station.
I will be interested to learn exactly who ordered it be conducted in such a manner.
What answer are you expecting?