Things to mourn ...

Oliver Letwin was doorstepped today about things that he is supposed to have said ...

You can watch the video here: -



Oliver Letwin hasn't denied that he made the statement he is claimed to have made .... which is rather odd ... what he has said is that he doesn't comment on private conversations.  From my knowledge of him (which is limited to meeting him on a few occasions), I suspect that he did not ... but what would I know? 

One of the great sadnesses of modern politics is that our politicians have to become more and more lawyerly in their responses to questions even in private conversations.  Recordings are made - witness Gordon Brown's offensive error in the election campaign last year.  In this case, the comment appears to have been written up by someone who should know better ... he being a politician too!

We need to find a happier medium - where context is admitted, where errors are made and apologies accepted, where private conversations are capable of remaining silent.  Sadly, I suspect that in the increasingly fast world that we inhabit this will be impossible ... and the result is that colour is lost, the characters will merge ...

  Talking of sad things, Brynle Williams died this week.

He was a warm and open man who looked for the good in others.  He was accepting of difference both in opinion and experience and he valued friendship from everywhere.

One of the things that I will remember is that he had a tendency to start a conversation from the place that you had left it last time - regardless of when that last time was! 

He was fun to work with and I, along with many others, will miss him.