Barry Turner

With clockwork predictability, those governing us have stated that they believe that the staggering and appalling events surrounding the case of mass murderer Lucy Letby should be examined by an independent inquiry.

Once again, one of the most embarrassingly corrupt practices of keeping everything under wraps in the British institutions is to be employed to save the reputations of the management class, those that displaced the aristocracy in both titles and incomes since the 1960’s.

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By Barry Turner Columnist

The media have now devoted acres of newspaper print and thousands of hours now to the saga of perhaps the most dishonest politician ever to hold high office in the UK. His mendaciousness and disturbing personality disorders have been laid bare repeatedly for many years and in concentrated form ever since he embarked on his disingenuous Brexit quest some seven years ago now.

So we have no real need to revisit this sordid tale again, although readers may have to forgive the odd referencing back for the purpose of clarity.

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Barry Turner is a Senior Lecturer in War Reporting and Human Rights and a member of the Royal United Services Institute.