New evidence of cover up in Dr David Kelly's death. Doctors want inquest.

[Malcolm Pryce]

Well, maybe my expectations are lower than yours, but I saw it differently. Of course they used the phrase conspiracy over and over again as a synonym for ‘crazy theory that can’t be true’, but I expect that. For all their framing we were still left with the sight of a coroner disputing the suicide verdict set against a former friend of Kelly claiming that the whole idea was absurd. I think plenty of people are smart enough to know there is nothing absurd about an alleged suicide turning out to be murder and that the opinion of a friend counts for nothing. Equally I think the vast majority of people will know exactly what it means if the suicide verdict is overturned. I think the important thing is the taste left in the mouth by such programmes. For you, it might have been a crock, but I suspect for most people the impression left will be the sight of a former coroner calling for an inquest.