Je ne regrettte rien

The ghost of Edith Piaf was alive and singing at the Iraq Inquiry yesterday as Alistair Campbell performed. Described widely as being 'typically robust and combative', Campbell claimed that he stood by everything that he had been involved in and every word written in all of the dossiers. Clearly, he believes it but nobody believes him. He probably did enough to leave his reputation unchanged. And he's acted as a good warm-up act for his master, Tony Blair, when he gives evidence in the next few weeks.

Turning to the weather, the thaw continues.