Friday, 28 November 2008

There is going to be plenty of fallout from the Damien Green arrest


The arrest of the Tory front bencher Damian Green would have not doubt dominated the front pages this morning were it not for the tragic events in Mumbai

David Cameron is said to be livid at the action of the police who according to Fraser Nelson arrested Green who

has for some time had a whistleblower in the Home Office, which resulted in four stories ending up in the newspapers
and is suspected of

“Suspicion of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office, and aiding and abetting counselling or procuring misconduct in a public office.”


These are the stories that he is suspected of whistleblowing to the Press(again courtesy of Fraser Nelson

February 2008 – Illegal immigrant found cleaning the Commons with a fake identity pass

February 2008 – Details of a secret blacklist of Labour MPs suspected of plotting to defeat Gordon Brown’s flagship terror reforms which had
been drawn up by the party’s whips

September 2008 A leaked memo from Jacqui Smith to the PM running through the consequences of the economic downturn on crime


As John Craig points out at Boulton and Co

Here at Westminster, Tory MPs claim Damian is a hero for exposing Labour blunders and cover-ups. Labour MPs, on the other hand, say that even if there is a suspicion that he's a villain he can't remain as a shadow Home Office minister.


David Cameron is standing by him though and according to the Independent

is expected to raise questions about the way the case was handled in an early-morning address before the media today.


Meanwhile according to the BBC

Damian Green denied any wrongdoing and said: "I was astonished to have spent more than nine hours today under arrest for doing my job."

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