| Sumario: | If British prime minister Tony Blair can get away with selling his public an entirely bogus case for war, his Home secretary, David Blunkett, can surely sustain allegations that he helped fast track a visa application and gave his lover lifts in his official, chauffeur-driven car. Given the British establishment's hard work to save Blair and all his courtiers, Sir Alan Budd's inquiry into Blunkett's conduct should produce a formula to save the Home secretary. Blunkett's departure on this issue would be an insult to the Iraqi victims of war, those in Britain opposed to the invasion, and those who have suffered from Blunkett's immigration policies. Even if Blunkett broke the rules, which in the political arena are just for the little people, he is too important to lose, and Blair is insisting that he remain.
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