Continuing with my series of Shamelessly Linking To People Called Chris Who Are Better At Blogging Than Me, Chris Lightfoot utterly and convincingly demolishes the Hutton report.

I wonder if anyone will try and rebut him through reasons other than the Appeal to Authority? Somehow I doubt they’ll succeed…

As an aside, my lessons from Hutton:

* Don’t tell journalists the details of your top secret spy job

* If you’ve got a story that could bring down the government, keep proper notes

* Check whether allegations about your employees are actually true before you defend them to the death

* If your shameless deceit leaves you facing a public inquiry, it’s good to be able to handpick the person who’ll carry it out

Any other conclusions are also welcome.