It Riles Them to Believe that You Perceive the Web They Weave...

Lasagne, like politics, Italian or otherwise, is frankly messy. And whilst getting meat sauce and Béchamel down the front of one's shirt is one thing; messy politicking is far from easy to clean up. Today's PO Ltd. Horizon scandal enquiry session rather exemplifies that. Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me..." should be the theme tune to every broadcast episode: especially now we're into the legals: on the face of their evidence, not one of these eejits should have passed their degrees in law in the first place, let alone been called to the bar [where applicable], so apparently incapable of recall as they appear to be. It's amazing that total recall from these people is possible when tasked with remembering something non-self-incriminating and involving third parties; but how memory simply fades to a blank when that asked would land them in the drink.

The question for me, is just what sword of Damocles is hanging over these coward's heads? If they simply fessed up to their 'mistakes' or 'errors of judgement', they would most likely get off lightly in a court of law. Instead, they seem to be drawing themselves into a protracted psychodrama of blame and denial that on the face of it, can only lead to charges of perjury and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. But why: what is it that is being held against them behind it all, if there is a lower collateral damage route out of their apparent legal dead-end? My surmise is The Official Secrets Act. There is something deeply rum going on, underneath it all. Pick the bones out of that as you see fit...