The Iraq Inquiry - Chilcott's Circus Clowns Come to Town

[David Guyatt]

O'Donnell replied to Chilcot that releasing Blair's notes would damage Britain's relations with the US. and would not be in the public interest.

And there's lies revealed the bollocks of Mandarin double-speak.

Obviously not being "in the pubic interest" doesn't actually mean that. The public would be extremely interested to know what's being said in their name.

What it means is that it's in the "interest" of a handful of senior public officials and even fewer senior politicians and their dribble-wipers - to protect their powdered arses from receiving the sudden discourteous arrival of swiftly moving public boots towards them, should they, the pubic, learn what really transpired.

Shades of the gross abuse of 'Public Interest Immunity Certificates' throughout the 'Arms to Iraq Affair' eh?

It's part of a carefully refined Orwellian use of language where things actually mean their opposites but, to the mass of the general public, have a certain comforting, reassuring feel to them.

'The Public Interest' actually means the interests of a tight knit cabal of Mandarins in pursuit of their hidden agendas.

It really does puzzle me how they continue to get clean away with it.

Did you ever read the Scott Inquiry reports Peter? I actually plughed through the whole lot. It was mind opening in regard to Mandarin and pol speak. The double meaning of various words commonly used in that sphere was really quite brilliant in its deceptiveness. The inner content of the report was also enlightening for its réalité, whereas the polished summary was just BS spin. And, of course, the MSM simply took the report handed out and published the polished spin.

That's why I think they know they can get away with it. A free press doing its job would've ripped them apart, but couldn't be arsed to do so.