Poor Damian Green. Has Dick Cheney Moved to the UK or Something?

[iolanthe_rosa]

British perspective, please: is this story being treated as a big deal? Is there outrage? This is the sort of thing that I would expect to see here under the Bush administration but not in the UK, which I tend to think of as practically perfect in every way.

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[mirabile_dictu]

Thumbtacked your question because I've been wondering the same thing. Did you read The Time's op-ed piece on it?

[iolanthe_rosa]

Well, that does indeed look like outrage. I'm feeling better now.

[msilverstar]

Whoops, wrong kerfuffle OMGWTFBBQ yes, it's for the CHILDREN. About a radio show, I boggle.

[mirabile_dictu]

Hahaha! But that's a good 'un!

[iolanthe_rosa]

Don't tell me there's been *another* incident since the Russell Brand one!

[grievous_angel]

Yes it is being treated as a big deal because of the way it was leaked - other politicians' heads may well roll. It may not necessarily be because of this specifically, but there seems to finally be a bit of 'straw that broke the camel's back' going on. People are beginning to get sick and tired of shoddy treatment and behaviour going on in evey walk of life and there seems to be a bit of a grass roots rebellion stirring.

[iolanthe_rosa]

I love the smell of a grass roots rebellion in the morning!

[ms_alis]

I'm ashamed to say I've not really been following this story. I would be much more concerned if it was a journalist that was arrested. But yes, it is big and the government will, I think, be damaged by what happened.

There have always been leaks from government, many of them orchestrated by their own spin doctors (Tony Blair's speciality). It seems that the Home Office asked the police to investigate leaks, probably expecting some junior civil servant to be implicated. When the police arrested Daniel Green, all the ministers claimed they knew nothing about it. If it can be shown they did know he would be arrested and did not advise the police that would be a breach of Parliamentary protocol, the minister must resign.

This one will run and run.

[iolanthe_rosa]

Oh my, and here Gordon Brown finally seemed to be doing better. By all accounts, he actually seemed to be *enjoying* the financial crisis, since it worked towards his strengths. I was certainly thankful for him moving quickly on doing a stock injection plan for the banks, as it shamed the US into doing the same, rather than the original (stupid and wasteful) plan of just buying up toxic assets. Well, good luck to Gordon!