Gaddafi's Irish connection

BBC NEWS 's usually impeccable Nick Robinson last night produced a Cameron-puff report on Gaddafi's end which might have been scripted by the Ministry  of Information, or should I say Ministry of Truth.

The focus was on Cameron as hero of his first ever war as prime-minister in contrast to Tony Blair, as arch villain- usual footage of Tony  all smiles with Gaddafi in the days when he was 'on side.'

Robinson did have the courtesy to mention that Blair's negotiations led to the dismantling of Libya's nuclear and chemical weaponry (imagine where we would be now if he hadn't) but omitted to tell us of the pay back on Northern Ireland: much of Libya's weapons sold to the IRA remained unused by the time the organisation's decommissioning got under way, which meant that the peacemakers could check   the arms  handed over  against a list provided by Gaddafi.

As for Gaddafi's end, I found it profoundly unsettling- mob justice, with the allies letting them get on with it, no doubt to keep some other skeletons, firmly  in the cupboard.