Feedback | 3 September 2005

Comments on The last days of the Tartan Raj by Andrew Neil
I agree wholeheartedly with Andrew Neil’s comments. The devolution settlement is an absolute disgrace.England has been left out in the cold. The West Lothian Question remains unanswered, and MPs representing English constituencies sit on their hands.
May I suggest a follow-up article featuring the Campaign for an English Parliament, whom you will find very vocal in their demand for an English Parliament? They can be found at www.thecep.org.uk
Derek Marshall

Comment on letters
Three weeks ago I was sitting in a cell in a Pakistani military jail, after being rounded up with my film crew, while travelling from India to Afghanistan to make a documentary for British TV.
It was a pretty grim experience – very thin on luxury. There was lots of graffiti, mostly in blood and faeces, and a room stuffed with torture gear that would make a James Bond villain look under-equipped. Spend time on the torture block, as I did, and you have lots of time to reflect on the War on Terror.
Ordinary people like me and my two Swedish colleagues were mistaken for bad men, while Bin Laden and his gang are still free, nearby in the so-called ‘Tribal Area’. I became preoccupied by the absurdity of it all. The interrogations were always held at night and were often terrifying, and usually held while chained and blindfolded. But there were times that my mind reeled. One night the interrogator said he would take me shopping for local chappals, sandals, when I got out. On another night he asked if I could help get his son into a Canadian university to study forestry and on a third, the officer moaned at how utterly low the new recruits were in IQ. Then he let me take off my blindfold so that I could admire his watch.
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