So Lord Goldsmith has decided to leave office at the same time as Blair and as he goes, it is clear that no one individual has done more to encourage the call to de-politicise the job before.
The man who was treated with such contempt by Reid when he announced in the press that the new Ministry of Justice would be formed before telling him (even the most senior judge found out from his Sunday paper to be fair), and who when asked by members of a select committee what it was he did even stumbled through that one, will not be missed by some.
His decision to stop the investigations into alleged corrupt dealings between BAE and the Saudi government left him wide open to attack for this and refusing to stand aside from his constitutional role in determining whether any prosecutions should proceed in the cash-for-honours affair. In reality only he and those who depended on him thought this not to be a problem.
What he did more than any other of Tony’s Cronies was to confirm just what little protection those who should be doing an impartial job have from political interference from a Prime Minister determined to win at any cost.
One must wonder if Gordon is any different after fixing even his own rise to the top from any challenge.
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