[Tealeaf]

I notice that the one of the Blackburn election candidates made the following comment - and I quote from the LT:

'Paul English, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Blackburn, said that Edmondson’s actions were “as lethal as a speeding bullet”.'

No doubt Mr English - and how inappropriate that name - is angling for the vote of a certain part of the Blackburn electorate. However, I find it somewhat sickening that he has bowed so low as to use this analogy. Speeding bullets - which travel at the rate of 1500mph - have claimed the lives of many of this young mans comrades in Afganistan. This lad may have been somewhat silly in his actions - but he did at least offer a plausible excuse. For once, the judge - and even Straw - may have got it right.