Shadow Minister Arrested For Doing His Job...

Morning,

Just when you thought the world could not get more and more nutty, we have the unedifying picture of the Shadow Immigration Minister, Damian Green being arrested on Counter-Terrorism charges. The media have used the term "conspiracy to cause misconduct in public office".

You would have thought that the likes of Blair and Goldsmith would have been arrested for their part in taking us into an illegal war in Iraq, but I have not heard any news on that...

It is thought the arrest was centred on four Home Office documents allegedly obtained by the Conservatives, including a sensitive memorandum on likely crime rises during the economic downturn.

You would have thought that, that sort of information was in the public interest.

Speaking outside the House of Commons in the early hours of Friday morning, Mr Green said: "I was astonished to have spent more than nine hours today under arrest for doing my job.

"I emphatically deny I have done anything wrong.

"I have many times made public information that the Government wanted to keep secret - information that the public has a right to know.

"In a democracy, opposition politicians have a duty to hold the Government to account. I was elected to the House of Commons precisely to do that and I certainly intend to continue doing so."

In a democracy, absolutely Damien. Problem is, is Britain a democracy any more?

Guido makes some very interesting analogies between Chairman Brown and the leader of the most corrupt regime in the world. As a libertarian, if on the left compared to Guido's instinctive right-wing thoughts, I can not help but feel rather more insecure this morning, than I did yesterday...

Questions need to be asked, who sanctioned this arrest. Ian Blair's last day as commissioner of the Met is today, perhaps this is a parting shot to the Tories. Apparently the Home Secretary was not aware of such an arrest happening.

Considering that it is a matter of recourse for any arrest of an MP to be immediately reported to the Home Secretary, I think we can safely assume that, that is a load of bullshit.

Or perhaps it is that there are reports that there are British involvement in the Terror Attacks in Mumbai...