Worried

I am getting more uneasy by the minute over this disgraceful Peters business. That it is not right is patently obvious and has been for months. But it is the type of 'not rightness' that is gnawing away at me.

The two main political players, Dear Leader and Peters, are by no stretch of the imagination my cup of tea but both of them have track records that are testimony to their political skills. Superficially the whole shameful edifice is is a house of cards built on quick sand. The things we are being asked to believe are quite literally unbelievable.

Peters over the last couple of days has looked nervous (you don't often see that) and Dear Leader looked like a possum caught in the headlights last night (and you never see that). All good. And yet it is not right. I just can't see these two allowing themselves to get into such an untenable position. Winston is stood down but apparently at time of writing (Saturday evening) he is still a minister. He has just been relieved of his portfolios but retains the salary, house, car etc for doing nothing. This play on words is typical of the two main protagonists of course.

We have seen the careful use of words all through this. I suspect that Winston hasn't lied as much as we think he has and he has been able to do this because he been asked the wrong questions. Or he has answered factually to a version of the question (probably the literal meaning) and we have interpreted that answer as the reply to what we thought we said or what we meant.

I can't help feel that the current enquiries have been set up to fail. Winston will come out the other side all squeaky clean having been found to have done nothing illegal (and quite what that has to do with the price of fish I don't know). He can then walk into the next election arm in arm with Dear Leader (they are electorally joined at the hip now) and sail to an unlikely victory given current polling levels.

Has Winston (plus or minus Clark) forced his enemies to attack knowing he has several aces up his sleeve? Is this whole thing a seriously cunning political plan for Labour to snatch an election victory from the jaws of seeming certain defeat?

God I hope it doesn't pan out that way but that ghastly scenario seems to me to hold more water than the 'Helen and Winston have been politically naive to allow themselves to get backed into their current corner' explanation.

I'm worried.

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