guilty

ho! ho! ho!
sometimes you just have to laugh at another person's misfortunes. it may not be clever, it may not be big but it is therapeutic and i am smiling just that little bit more because of my old pal mark thatcher.
admittedly he will not be banged up inside some nasty south african or zimbabwean jail, but in order to escape jail he has had to cop a plea and pay a large fine.
although he still protests his innocence we all know he is guilty.
so it is nice to hear him wriggle and weasel out of it. thatcher, who once lost his way in a rally, maintained that he thought his helicopter was going to be used as an air ambulance “but in his plea bargain statement, sir mark says he came to realise the helicopter was to be used for mercenary activities before the deal was finalised.” (bbc)
just a shame he never told anyone – well if he was lucky he might have made a few bob or two so why rock the boat!
of course now that thatcher has turned grass (oops sorry i mean concerned citizen) he is just going to be hit with a large fine and can now leave south africa.
he said of this
“speaking outside court, an emotional sir mark said: "there is no price too high for me to pay to be reunited with my family and i am sure all of you who are husbands and fathers would agree with that." (bbc).
you wonder why he didn’t think of that before he got involved in the shady dealings in the first place – though i doubt he ever thought about being caught.
and it was nice to see the family standing behind all the way in texas – good on yer girl stand by your man.

the only thing that would have made it sweeter would have been jeffery archer being implicated in it all. mind you now that thatcher is about to spill the beans to keep himself free who knows who else may have to spend time playing bitch in a south african prison.


this story covered by the bbc , guardian, telegraph (you have to register for the telegraph story but it is free...) and i am guessing any decent news source - especially those edited by people my age who still remember what maggie put us through.

bloddy hell hunt ban now thatcher - it's like class war never went away.