Originally Posted by
Chugalug2
I would agree that Sir Sandy Wilson was stitched up but not that it was by SoS Malcolm Rifkind, who was also misled by the RAF High Command over the Mull of Kintyre pilots. You have to ask yourself who benefitted from him not getting the top job? Hardly Sir Malcolm!
As to the media, where would they get detailed information about the costs of curtains, approved or otherwise, if they weren't so briefed? Who would have briefed them? Sir Malcolm?
Embroidered rather than stitched up? A friend told me he kept duplicate files at home on all the embellishments at Rheindahlen because he was concerned the office set might vanish. Best not to enquire about Pantechnicons allegedly transporting the contents of the Berlin residence back to an unknown private destination in the UK.
At the time of carpetgate and the £250K refurbishment, Sir Malcolm was in a different command and would have had no visibility. Whatever you think of his subsequent sins, I don’t believe he was in any way connected.
There is a fine line between feathering one’s nest and corruption.