Will no one take the blame?

EVERY time I see that footage of Lord Brittan walking shakily towards his car, television cameras in his face, at the height of the Operation Midland ‘Nick’ hysteria, my heart breaks for him.

Imagine being falsely accused of crimes so foul as rape, paedophilia and sadistic abuse — and then dying in the knowledge the whole world thought you were guilty. How is it possible not a single person is to be held accountable for this monstrous witch-hunt — not Cressida Dick; not Labour’s Deputy Leader Tom Watson, who fanned the flames of hysteria; not any of the officers involved?

Someone must accept responsibility — otherwise, it’s only a matter of time before it happens again.