Cash for Honours Whitewash

The Crown Prosecution Service has now decided that no charges are to be brought in the Cash for Honours inquiry. This after 16 months of police investigation. The official reason for the case being dropped is that the CPS consider that there is not enough evidence to secure a conviction. Not that there is no evidence but that the evidence gathered is not strong enough. The media are desperate to claim that the suspects in this case have been cleared but to many this must resemble the Scots law verdict of "Not Proven".

Angus Brendan McNeil, the SNP MP who initiated the inquiry by complaining to the police has queried whether there was political influence in the dropping of the case and this is certainly an opinion which will resonate widely among the populace.