I found this article in last week's
Times by David Owen on Tony Blair's psyche in the run up to the Iraq war very interesting. The last few paragraphs talk of strong religious beliefs and the single mindedness that can come about when you believe you are on the side of 'good' and only have God to answer to for your actions then you can convince yourself you are taking the righteous path even though every one of your colleagues disagrees with you.
After experiencing "Andrew's" many, many crusades on safety related issues over the last decade, I can see parallels between the article and this latest error of judgement.
Also, I'd like to sincerely thank "Andrew" for not using any incidents of mine during his 15 minutes of fame. I'd have been very upset if he had.