Some of you who have visited this blog more than once will notice that all articles relating to SPCK have disappeared. This is not, as some may have thought, due to receiving the illusive “C and D” from anyone. Instead, it is because somebody pointed out that I had written a number of dubious / offensive remarks where no offence had been intended. If anyone read these articles and took offense (particularly if you live in the third largest country), then I apologise, and assure you that what I wrote was not what I intended to say.

It is also true that recently I have become increasingly more uncomfortable writing about SPCK. I still feel that the story is important, and I certainly do not have anything against those who continue to report it. However, I have felt that, recently, my articles have been clutching at straws a little. What started out as a collection of supportive articles for a cartoonist who found himself on the wrong side of a lawyer, has now turned into an all-out battle against two men who made several managerial mistakes.

I feel a little bad removing the articles entirely – however, while I prepare to move countries, find a job, and find somewhere to live, I think I will leave them ‘offline’ for now (obviously, they will still exist on Google’s cache). Maybe, in the future, I will reinstate them.

I will still be interested in the developments of this case – but it is unlikely that I will be doing any extra investigations myself.

For now, here is a cryptic Gerald cartoon:

Those of you with a degree in Observation will notice that those mysteriously disappearing posts have now mysteriously re-appeared. I still think the cause is important – but maybe it is no longer about Dave Walker, and more about those who have been silenced when they shouldn’t have been – BG.