Trying To Correct The Fault

I have had only positive experiences of the Police, as also of the Prison Service and of the Probation Service, which has signed me off with nothing but pleasure at having made my acquaintance. Of course, they all stated more or less openly, and in some cases frankly, that they did not believe a word of any allegation against me. In May, a judge said much the same thing from the Bench even after I had pleaded guilty.

To say the least, I am under no "safeguarding" restriction, after one of the most cordial meetings that I have ever had in my life, with someone who had come all the way to Lanchester on a Sunday for the purpose and who expressed delight at having met me "at last". I get that a lot. The line is not merely that the original allegation against me was disproved. It is that no such allegation was ever made. I told you so.

Yet while watching this Panorama, I was going to tweet that if you still wanted digital ID, then you deserved it, but we did not. Then they pulled the plug. Thus was the cake iced, with a cherry on top.