Scraping the bottom

Meanwhile, David Aaronovitch shows what a grumpy old reactionary he has become, claiming that Ray Lewis has been a victim of a witch hunt:

But what had Mr Lewis done? It doesn't seem to have been anything illegal, for he wasn't prosecuted.

It must be for such stunning logic and incisive investigative journalism that Aaronovitch is payed whatever huge sum of money Rupert Murdoch is paying him.