Charges

I thought that you showed an improvement in your performance on the Today programme this morning. You were very quick to pick-up on the Lord Mandelson, that is the unelected member of the government, when he inserted the word allegations about the conservative front bench.

Exactly who has made these allegations because until Mandelson revealed them on the Today programme I have never heard of them. Could it be that the police ought now to question Lord Mandelson because if he has any knowledge of these 'crimes' then he should reveal them. Has he known of these unsubstantiated allegations for some time and not said anything. Could it be said that he is complicit in any conspiracy because he has information which he is not disclosing.

Surely, there is now a moral obligation on everybody to reveal to the proper authorities anything that they know which is illegal. For example, if a soldier has been involved in the detention or arrest of anybody who has then who is likely to have been either tortured or shot then it is incimbent on that person to reveal this to the proper authorities so that charges can possibly be brought.