Blunder arrest.THE official report into the arrest and detention for nine hours of frontbench MP Damian Green reached the only possible conclusion: the police reaction was disproportionate dis·pro·por·tion·ate adj. Out of proportion, as in size, shape, or amount. dis  pro·por .
The Tory's handling of a Conservative mole in the Home Office understandably set alarm bells ringing in Whitehall. But national security wasn't involved and if the police felt they needed to question, they should have invited him for a formal interview. This sorry saga owes more to the cock-up than conspiracy theory conspiracy theory n. A theory seeking to explain a disputed case or matter as a plot by a secret group or alliance rather than an individual or isolated act. conspiracy theorist n. of history and no one comes out of it well. |
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