A senior Tory talks sense about the 7/7 bombings
- Author: Toby
- Filed under: Conservative Party, Parliament, Security and counter-terrorism
May 19,2009
I have just heard the Rt Hon Michael Mates MP talking eminent sense of Radio 4′s World Tonight (he’s about 30 minutes in). He is a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee (the Parliamentary Committee that oversees the Security Service and whose report “Could 7/7 have been prevented?” is published today). His comments were measured and dispassionate. They didn’t treat national security questions as a political football or an occasion for political point-scoring. He was being statesmanlike and behaving responsibly – exactly what I suspect most members of the public would like to get from their MPs.
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One Response for "A senior Tory talks sense about the 7/7 bombings"
In the current climate of hue and cry Mates would have been despatched on a permanent basis in the ’90s when he was accused of taking Al Fayeed’s shillings I recall.
Rehabilitation is a fine thing.
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