Good god, #Catflap shows no sign of abating. And people are losing their minds over it. Poor old Tim Montgomerie is the latest fellow to see the rumpus as an excuse to get rid of Ken Clarke. Apparently a “Cabinet minister should never publicly attack a colleague” and so Ken must be sacked as soon as possible. Personally, I’d rather Cabinet Ministers ceased behaving like idiots and since May is the idiot in this case, if a head must roll it should be the Home Secretary’s. She started the Catflap after all and only in the topsy-turvy political land could Ken carry the can for telling the truth while May escapes without censure despite wilfully (or, if you prefer, carelessly) misleading the public.
And what is Ken’s crime? Pointing out that May’s criticisms of the Human Rights Act were “laughable and childlike”. Since this is palpably true you might wonder what the fuss is.
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