Lord Yates of The Yard?

The question about this on Any Questions? from Consett was asked by Owen Temple, who did not declare that he was the Lib Dem PPC. Oh, well, like many a Lib Dem he is basically a good man in a bad party, a party which has rather hilariously taken to putting out material claiming credit for the achievements of Lanchester Parish Council, on which it has had no representation (nor has it sought any) since 2003. And I have heard sitting MPs, including former Cabinet Ministers, ask questions in the past as if they were just ordinary members of the public, so a County Councillor and PPC is tame by comparison.

Anyway, where is that knighthood for John Yates? What does the poor man have to do? First he lets off the entire Westminster Village over the flagrant sale of seats in our very legislature, having, among other features of his absurd “investigation”, declined to interview Tony Blair under caution in order to save the Dear Leader’s job. For how many other suspects would he have done that? For how many other suspects has he done that? But still no K.

And now he lets off the News of the World, and thus Andy Coulson of David Cameron’s court, without even so much as pretending to conduct an investigation of any kind whatever.

After the Election, Sir John. After the Election. Heaven knows that you have earned it. In fact, you have earned the ermine.