Channel Four news publish “Snowmail” – a daily update of what’s going to be in tonight’s show programme. Here’s an excerpt from today’s:
Canary Wharf: Threat, what threat?
Met an excellent group of brokers/dealers/traders in the city at lunchtime. Fell to discussing the ‘threat’ to Canary Wharf. No further evidence that there is even a scintilla of truth in the story that a plot was foiled.
Went back to my sources today (yes, two, Lord Hutton.) Both reolute in their dismissing of the story. So it remains strange tonight that such a story broke so conveniently upon a day when the government wanted to unveil ‘tough on terrorism’ plans. We remain on the trail of the latest Queen’s speech and its content. But nothing else to hand tonight on it.
Sadly, the archived programme which I missed is only available to subscribers, but it’s quite clear that the threat is completely made up. And until someone can demostrate otherwise I won’t believe anything to the contrary.
It seems Labour is going to use fear as their primary reason for us voting for them next May.