Mick Hall with a piece on British ruling class myopia. It initially featured in Organized Rage on 24 February 2014.
The wilful blindness of members of the British ruling class never cease
to amaze and disappoint me. Take David Hare, one of the UK's more
progressive playwrights and screenwriters, who was interviewed by Decca Aitkenhead in last Saturday's Guardian, having just completed a trilogy of films
to be broadcast shortly on BBC TV about a 'renegade' member of the
British security services who is forced to flee the country.
David hare |
At the beginning of her interview Aitkenhead points out to Hare:
Only hours before she arrived to do the interview, the high court ruled that David Miranda's detention last year had been perfectly lawful. To many, the judgement seemed inexplicable – how could the security services rightfully detain a journalist's partner under legislation designed to combat terrorism? – but the playwright could not look less surprised.