[Doug]

Quite right Margaret, but I am not to sure if this is not staged as a way out of having to resign over the Brazilian shooting. If he goes over his Soham Comments he’s save’s greater face politically than he would if he went as a result of prosecutions over the aforementioned death.

If he was to resign over Brazilian shooting then Mr Leaf would be at the forefront of public dissent and would be calling for the government to fall on their swords (most of which would be of the pork verity no doubt) However, by defiling the public memory of the Soham murders he allows himself and the Government a way out. He falls on his sword and in a few months starts to make millions on the public circuit.