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

[Jan Klimkowski]

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.

What I saw was an attempt to contain the damage caused by medical and legal experts writing a letter to MSM organ The Times establishing that the medical conclusions of the Hutton Inquiry cannot stand.

However, all that evidence was known within weeks of Kelly's death, and certainly by the time of Hutton.

Let's be clear: Hutton sealed the medical evidence for 70 years. Hutton suppressed that evidence. This is remarkable.

Now the cover-up line is that it isn't important anyway.

Mangold was trotted out as a "family friend" and delivered his standard refrain: that this was done to protect the family's feelings.

This is patent nonsense. The public interest in learning the truth about the death of Kelly, through a multi-million pound, high level public inquiry, must outweigh such concerns.