Category: News

  • Today and Jonathan Aitken 2

    Today had Jonathan Aitken on – again. I’ve blogged on this before. The discussion was on the decision by the SFO to drop their investigation into BAe. Last time they introduced Aitken as the minister who “famously came unstuck.” This morning John Humphrys introduced him like this: “Conservative government defence minister and he had responsibility…

  • Pick an order, any order…

    Tony Blair questioned by police BAe investigation dropped Stevens Inquiry Hmmm.

  • Yes, we do make plans to kill people

    Buried in the Stevens inquiry is a fascinating little aside, and it’s not the answer to the question – ‘What happened to the lead singer of Marillion?’ Here it is, from page 825: The SIS officer ‘Fish’ accepted that he wrote a proposal of assassination for consideration should a particular extremist leader, named in the…

  • Crystal balls

    Broadcast today reports that Craig Doyle is being lined up to replace Jonny Vaughan on Capital radio’s breakfast show. I hope they have a more convincing source than this post from October…