Isabel Hardman suggests that the ongoing scandal around Andrew Mitchell could encourage MPs to close ranks around beleaguered colleagues in future.
Martin Kettle asks whether ‘pleb-gate’ is a product of the push for police reform.
The author of the Police Inspector Blog argues that the affair marks the end of good relations between the Conservative party and the police.
Jonathan Kent makes the case that ‘pleb-gate’ should also worry the left.
This thought is echoed by Nick Cohen at the Coffee House who points to past occasions of police ‘fit ups’.
