There May Be Trouble Ahead

There may be trouble ahead,

There may be teardrops to shed.

(sung by Diana Krall)

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Are the wheels about to come off for Dubya's little chum?

There is talk about deleted emails from a double super secret separate computer system, that Downing Street says definitely doesn't exist.

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Sounds reminiscent of Trickius Dickius and his non-existent tapes.

But it seems Plod isn't too happy getting the run around, "Hello hello hello, what's all this then my lad, are you trying to pervert the course of Justice?"

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Labour's chief fundraiser Lord Levy has been re-arrested by police looking into cash-for-honours allegations.
He was questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and later bailed.
Lord Levy, a close ally of Tony Blair, was first arrested last year in connection with claims honours had been sold in exchange for party donations.

Update. News clip.

Wednesday video update. Wednesday. Brown says wait and see.

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I find it hard to shocked or surprised by this story, given that politicians are involved, who in their right mind could be?

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I have previously written at length about this, to me a well known and accepted practice.

When Katrina highlighted just how far "Heck of a job" Browny was out of his depth, I offered that honours for favours was a far better system than "jobs for the boys," good ol' boys in the case of Brown.

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By far a better idea to bung someone the odd the odd Knighthood or MBE than actually reward them with a job of responsibility, that is a sure fire recipe for disaster, as we are all now blatantly aware.

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Governments might change in the UK, but very little changes with the troops on the ground, those that actually run the country, carry on running the country, and just pay lip service to whoever happens to become their new boss. (department minister)

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Maybe it's a question subtlety, honours for favours as opposed to honours for hard cash.

Or could it be that there is someone with some clout that doesn't actually like Tony? Heaven forbid!

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This ten minute clip gives a wonderful example of how the status quo is maintained after a change of government. From the timeless comedy "yes Minister"