Campbell calls Attorney General “politically inept” over BAE
The Leader of the Liberal Democrats has labelled Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General, as “politically inept” over the information given to the OECD regarding BAE Systems.
Responding to a letter he received today from Lord Goldsmith, Ming Campbell said:
“These events get curiouser and curiouser.
“Major decisions involving relevant information to the OECD were taken by officials and not by those with direct ministerial responsibility.
“The plain unvarnished truth is that Britain did not reveal significant information to the OECD. Not only was this a lack of candour but it was politically inept since the information was bound to come out eventually.
“These events make yet another powerful case for transparency and more effective scrutiny by Parliament. It will be an irony if the United States Congress gets more information into the public domain than Parliament.”
Posted in BAE, Lord Goldsmith, Ming Campbell, OECD |
June 17th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Well done Ming for speaking up again Let’s have more of this pin-striped radicalism please!
June 29th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
ur a disgrace and i hope the defence industry constituents remember what u did next election. how stupid do u have to be not to c the hand of the CIA in the attack on uk and bae u r pratts along with the guardian. the ral story is US political bribery of the uk and everyone else. get a life guys and u might get some votes. By the way Cable and Lamb as renta mouths are getting a bit tired on the guardian site. ever thought why they are ignored