Cash for Honours- Blair Pal: To Decide?
A storm is brewing over the role of Lord Goldsmith in deciding whether charges should be brought against Tony Blair in the cash for honours affair.
Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General is a key ally of the Prime Minister and a former donor to the Labour party. He was made a life peer by Tony Blair in 2001.
The central legal principle of no man should be a judge in his own cause should debar him from being involved in a decision as to whether or not there should be a prosecution.
There are signs that he might make a statement to the effect that he will not take any part in the decision. Basic fairness should dictate that otherwise there will be for ever the taint of suspicion if there is a decision not to prosecute.
I am reminded of the controversy surrounding the Florida vote before Dubbya was pronounced President— it ain’t over till your brother’s finished counting the votes.!
