great article but why depart from denham, 70 mins in a cab?
Explained by:
As part of some arbitrary handicapping exercise I had to take public transport
However, Pat - I'm not sure you have too much altitude above the moral high ground about another broadsheet's "Bandits at 12 O'Clock" spin with lines like:
We could see a great gout of flame and smoke on the ranges to our left,
and out to the right was the sinister profile of an Apache helicopter gunship.
We were worried. Flying between an Apache and its
target is like stepping between a rabid wolverine and its dinner.
Of course, in the spirit of 'Yes, Minister' we understand that:
I simplify things for the reader;
whilst:
YOU inject dramatic colour;
whilst:
HE misprepresents reality to exaggerate for journalistic effect
