I happened to catch the news coverage last night of the last four British prisoners from Guantanamo bay last night. It gave me much to think about: for a start, were any of them actually guilty of anything? Surely if this was the case, then the Americans would have charged them...
Regardless of guilt or innocence, I was most struck with the quiet and dignified behaviour of Azmat Begg, father of one of the detainees. Would I have been as calm in the same circumstances? Somehow, I rather doubt it.