Where will it end? I wonder whether we have all taken leave of our senses. As a great friend of mine said time and again...."officers and men, dear boy, officers and men". People as a rule fail to organise themselves into a coherant and organised group without any leadership. Not all men (in the biblical sense) are made to lead and this has to be respected. But htis cannot be an excuse for abject failure. Time and again we see leaders failing to carry out their duty. In the case of Baby P, we have a head of Children's services forced to resign by the secretary of state. Yes, it is true that persons lower down the food chain made mistakes but if you are the top dog the buck stops with you. it would appear that one is happy with the responsibility when all is going well but when a situation goes down the swanny there is a terrible unwillingness to stand up and fulfill ones responsibilities.

We see a similar situation with Damian Green. The Metropolitan Police, with all their many thousands of officers and convoluted management structure seem to be in the same mess. From what we, the public know, it appears that powers brought in the protect us from terrorism have been used to interfere with the proper running of a democractic government and her majesty's opposition. Again, I say; officers and men.

As was commented in an excellent article in the Inde yesterday, maybe it is time for the 'men' to stand up and demand that our 'officers' actually do there job properly. If we are to follow, obey and serve, we must trust. The events of the last few days, including events further afield, have shown how vital the highest quality leadership is and will continue to be in the days, weeks and years ahead.

How do we ensure that these leaders are present in our midst? One thing is for sure; it will not happen by accident.

ps Is there a call for all the comment and editorials from the dailies to be brought together for people to read in one place? I know skynews do the front pages but.....