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February 23, 2006
The Prince is right.
Thanks to Tim of an Englishman's Castle I can link you to his reproduction of the Prince of Wales diaries. Personally I think it sums up the intrusion and absolute lack of decency of our so-called journalists that they see no problem with publishing someone's private thoughts, but I find myself in complete sympathy with the Prince on this one. The people making decisions and advising this government have absolutely no understanding or experience on the things they are deciding on.
This is probably why we have such a mess in the legislation, why everything this government has "modernised" now is half as efficient as it was and costs five times as much.
As to the publication of the diaries, it is a pity the High Court feels that the theft of the diary, and it's subsequent publication for the titilation of the Islington tittering classes, is not a breech of the Prince's privacy. I feel sure that had it been Mr Blair's diary, the noble Judge would not have hesitated to pronounce their publication a breech of the PM's "Human Rights" and a "threat to national security." As it is, this ruling opens a dangerous door, one which will no doubt be used to allow the selective publication of extracts which cause the Prince the maximum embarrassment - and I would also be pretty sure that the place to look for the thief is in the Number 10 Press Office. I have no doubt too, that they will attempt to argue that his thoughts are "public property" because his trip was funded by the taxpayer - but then I want to see exactly what Straw and the rest of our cabinet ministers write and think and say while travelling at my expense in luxury.
The most likely candidate for the theft and leak is one of Blair's apparatchiks, acting on the unwritten and deniable instructions of the Party "Black Press" team to continue their avowed campaign to blacken the monarchy by every means available and lay the ground for us to become a Republic - with Mr President Blair or Mr President Brown as it's head.
Pass me a pikestaff, London Bridge needs decoration.
Posted by The Gray Monk at February 23, 2006 11:37 AM
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