"those things happen to other people not people like me" is the mentality that some have.
I echo what pretzel says. In an extreme disaster situation NO ONE knows exactly how they will handle it until they are in that situation. As much as you can rehearse for it, you don't know what you will do until it unfolds. Nasa spend years training astronauts for disaster situations to keep them calm and able to respond effectively to a situation based on the advice from others and what they can see themselves. And that relationship of trust in others on the ground as well as their crew mates is utterly essential. We trust authorities for a reason. If that breaks down, that's when we get incidents like Columbia. It is a universal principle.
I note that Mogg apologised but Bridgen defended him AFTER that.
And there in lies the point. It's like Trumpisms. The point has been made and even if there is a reverse ferret its then 'out there' for others to agree with no matter how dreadful it is.
Get used to it as its a pattern we will see. And it's to cover for other issues (note the stuff about blocking Russia today).
Plus its a way of diverting from other parties starting to take control of the narrative.
A couple of journalists have pointed out that Labour were winning the narrative war all weekend and the Tories were all at sea.
So ignore the dead cats and focus on what narrative others are setting. No matter how awful the moggie is.
Steven Swinford@steven_swinford
I'm told Sir Mark Sedwill made the decision to block the publication of HMT costings of Labour policies this afternoon after a lengthy conversation Sir Tom Scholar
Comes after John McDonnell raised concerns in call with Scholar
Javid understood to be furious about it