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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2015-01-23 05:12 pm

Two Recently Dead People And One Living Person Whom Our Political Leaders Totally Admire

1. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

2. Leon Brittan.

3. Prince Andrew

[identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com 2015-01-23 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Didn't lower the flags to half mast for Brittan though, did they?

Sigh :o(

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-01-23 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps- now he's no longer protected by the libel laws- we can proceed with investigating the various stories about him.

[identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com 2015-01-23 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
And of course one can't libel the dead, so the media will doubtless start the muck raking.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-01-23 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope they do.

The stories about Brittan are many and lurid. We need to know the truth.

[identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com 2015-01-23 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Whether we'll ever get that remains to be seen.....

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-01-23 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Brittan was connected to everybody- including Cameron and Clegg. If he's exposed as a nonce there'll be a lot of collateral damage.

[identity profile] davesmusictank.livejournal.com 2015-01-23 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh to be sure. Let the damage begin.

[identity profile] veronica-milvus.livejournal.com 2015-01-24 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Exaro News has been quieter than I expected about Brittan. Maybe in case they prejudice a court case. He got away with it in any case.