It is such processes that distinguish us from lynch mobs,be they in dusty Mississippi towns, dustier Iraqi ones – or on TwitterIt looks as whether the Metropolitan police commissioner, or Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe,is edging towards an apology to Field Marshall Lord Bramall, 92, or over unfounded allegations of child sex abuse and that some kind of further apology is coming to the family of the late Leon Brittan. It’s too late to do him much superior,as it is to former prime minister Edward Heath, also caught up by some wildly improbable allegations. Monday’s report by senior Dorset police officer James Vaughan into the Met’s handling of the Brittan allegations shows how complicated such historical claims can be. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com