5th September 2002
“Intelligence also indicates that from forward-deployed storage sites, chemical and biological munitions could be with military units and ready for firing within 45 minutes.”

20th January 2006
“We have found no evidence of detainees being rendered through the UK or overseas territory since 11 September 2001.” (Jack Straw, then foreign secretary.)

I don’t want anyone to think that the above quotes contributed to the erosion of my trust in the Government. That occurred years ago. These quotes only reinforce my opinion even further – that the Government is lying through its teeth, and has been doing so for many, many years.

Meanwhile, regarding Diego Garcia, where these extraordinary rendition flights landed. I do hope that legal action will be taken against the USA for the utter contempt it has shown for the terms of its contract with the United Kingdom to use our sovereign territory as a military base. But I doubt it.

The whole point of having a poodle is the absolute certainty that you will never be bitten by it.