Heading for anarchy

Peter Oborne is in sharp form in today's Daily Telegraph, following a ruling by the Independent Police Complaints Commission that three police officers lied about their dealings with the former Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell.

The moment a police officer 'can no longer be believed is the moment society trends towards anarchy', he writes. He continues: 

'The Mitchell case is not isolated. It is just the latest of a number where the police have meddled with, altered, destroyed or fabricated vital material: think of the Hillsborough tragedy, the Lawrence inquiry, the aftermath of the Jean Charles de Menezes shooting, and more besides.'

You can read his column here.