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<a href="http://j-rentoul.livejournal.com/2666.html">John Rentoul: Boot, foot. Biter, bit</a>

Friday 28 November 2008 16:06 GMT
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Outrageous, obviously, although no one yet knows the full facts behind Damian Green's arrest yesterday. But joyous too, certainly. To hear the squealing from the Conservative blogs and newspapers about the political use of the police, about how Jacqui Smith (at least) if not Gordon Brown (probably) ordered the arrest of a political opponent.

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