Prepare yourselves for the best opinion-piece on Charles Clarke since Matthew Norman let fly...

Tim Wortsall - Fuck him: Charles Clarke should be hung from the nearest lamp pole, assuming we can find one to bear the weight of the fat fucker, the assembled political parties forced to watch as he tap dances on air and happy children gambol at his feet. If we as a society get things wrong and imprison the innocent it is our duty, as that very society, to both say sorry and to compensate them as best we can. What we offer can only ever be inadequate but to deny this moral fact, to save the price of MP’s pork pies? You *fuck* Clarke, for shame.

" At the heart of my politics has always been the value of community, the belief that we are not merely individuals struggling in isolation from each other, but members of a community who depend on each other, who benefit from each other's help, who owe obligations to each other. From that everything stems: solidarity, social justice, equality, freedom." - Tony Blair

"Fairness and social justice. Liberty and equality of opportunity. Solidarity and responsibility to others. We will never sacrifice those principles." - Tony Blair

"Get away from me, I will not be insulted by you, this is an insult." - Charles Clarke

UPDATE - And now, the family-friendly version...

Times Worstall - Beware Charlie the Safety Elephant