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16 Apr 2009, 5:24 am
So now we know that no charges will be brought against either Damian Green or Christopher Galley. [read post]
30 Nov 2008, 4:06 pm
Damian Green and Christopher Galley are bang to rightsMy first thought when I heard that Damian Green had been arrested and that a civil servant had been arrested for leaking official documents was, 'I thought civil servants were meant to be politically neutral? [read post]
13 Feb 2009, 10:37 am
The extension of bail for Christopher Galley and Damian Green, is, according to the CPS, to enable them to "resolve issues of Parliamentary privilege".It'll be a pity if this renews the hopeless debate about the entirely lawful search of Green's office, which many thought, wrongly, breached Parliamentary privilege. [read post]
3 Dec 2008, 11:15 am
Outrage over the Damian Green affair shouldn't be one-sidedThe Damian Green affair has become muddled by anger and outrage. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 12:21 pm
Arrest of Damian Green and search of his office lawfulThe Met said the review of its inquiry "raises concerns" about methods but says the arrest and search of the MP's office were found to be "lawful".How much longer is Damian Green and the Tory party going to claim that he did no wrong and that the police arrested him for only doing his job? [read post]
27 Nov 2008, 11:42 pm
Astonishing news: the Tory immigration spokesman Damian Green has been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office - a doubly vague and, to policemen, useful charge, based as it is on a conspiracy to commit a common-law offence. [read post]
17 Apr 2009, 12:00 am
The charge laid by Damian Green is that ministers have acted in an authoritarian manner; understandably from his point of view he sees that as illustrating this government's instincts.The way I'd put it is this: Jacqui Smith is under suspicion of having used the police as a political tool; of having allowed her own anger and [read post]
24 Apr 2009, 6:54 am
“Christopher Galley dismissed as junior Home Office civil servant for passing information to Tory Damian Green. [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 2:25 am
“Damian Green answers an urgent question on London Metropolitan University in Parliament.” Full press release Home Office, 3rd September 2012 Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk [read post]
29 Nov 2008, 12:13 pm
Charon QC interviewed me this morning about the Damian Green arrest: we discussed what offences he's suspected of, ministers' denial of prior knowledge of the arrest, the Parliamentary privilege aspect and the role of the Speaker, and wider issues of secrecy in government and the law relating to "leaks". [read post]
18 Apr 2009, 4:24 am
The initial controversy was about the arrest of Damian Green, and search of his office: that's of course the first any of us outside the Whitehall/Scotland Yard loop knew of the leak investigation - and it was shocking - but the police followed the correct legal procedure [read post]
18 Apr 2009, 1:04 pm
Charon QC interviewed me today about the Damian Green affair: we spoke about how the leak investigation began, the DPP's decision not to prosecute, Jacqui Smith's responsibility and vulnerability and the questions she needs to answer if she's to show she did not allow the police to be used for political ends.Listen to the podcast here. [read post]
16 Apr 2009, 2:48 am
Later this morning I expect the CPS to announce that they will not prosecute either Damian Green or Chris Galley for misconduct in public office or conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office. [read post]
28 Nov 2008, 8:48 am
I'm glad Damian Green has been released on bail: this affair is quite worrying, and David Cameron is entitled to be angry and ask questions, I think. [read post]
10 Dec 2008, 9:21 am
“A Commons select committee is going to launch its own inquiry into the arrest of the Tory MP Damian Green, it said today (9 December). [read post]
2 Dec 2008, 8:15 pm
Dominic Grieve is no judge of Damian Green's innocenceDominic Grieve, the shadow Home Secretary, has interfered with an ongoing police investigation by declaring that Damian Green is only guilty of doing his job. [read post]
1 Dec 2008, 11:42 am
I'm concerned that press and political comment on the Damian Green affair is ignoring the situation of the civil servant who's also been arrested - and thereby missing the really important point behind all this. [read post]
1 Dec 2008, 8:25 pm
Reading between the lines, however, Galley is saying, in effect, "If I go down I'm taking Damian Green with me". [read post]
29 Nov 2008, 11:22 am
‘Mole' in hiding amid anger at MP Damian Green's arrestThe civil servant at the heart of a Whitehall leak investigation was in hiding last night as a political storm raged over the arrest of the Tory frontbencher Damian Green.The 26-year-old civil servant was detained at his home in Middlesex at 6am on November 19. [read post]
2 Dec 2008, 9:56 am
The Speaker and the Leader of the House will no doubt be under pressure to allow a debate on the Damian Green/Christopher Galley leakgate affair after Parliament opens tomorrow - and so they should, as early as possible, and allowing enough time for a proper airing of views, and for ministers to make their involvement and knowledge plain. [read post]
