Goldsmith Goes

I am delighted at the news that Lord Goldsmith is to step down next week. I hope that he had no involvement in the "cash for peerages" investigation, but thanks nonetheless to those who signed this 10 Downing Street petition. In my opinion, he should have left a long time ago, but his compromised position stems from institutional weaknesses that still need to be tackled.

The notion that investigations or prosecutions can be stopped "in the public interest" is questionable, (I support the idea that rule of law should operate without fear or favour) but this power certainly shouldn't be concentrated in an individual who sits at the Cabinet table.