Norman Baker MP in Chelmsford to talk about death of David Kelly

Lewes MP Norman Baker (Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Transport) was in Chelmsford last week to support Stephen Robinson's campaign to become Lib Dem MP for Chelmsford and to discuss his book "The Strange Death of David Kelly".

Mr Baker wrote his controversial book about the death of the Government's weapons inspector after finding a number of problems with the official version of events. He took a year off from frontbench duties to investigate.

He told the Liberal Democrat dinner guests, "The Hutton inquiry was meant to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr Kelly. In fact it just acted as a referee between the Government and the BBC, over the broadcaster's claims about weapons of mass destruction.

"Dr Kelly probably did more than anyone else to help rid the world of biological and other weapons. But he was treated appallingly by Prime Minister Tony Blair, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon and others at the top of Government. They owed him a duty of care as one of their staff."

Mr Baker went on to discuss all the inconsistencies in the official findings, including how Dr Kelly could not have cut his own wrist due to an arm injury and how the event timings and the police evidence were not consistent. He described his meetings with a number of sources close to the security services who were not happy about the conclusions

Stephen Robinson wound up the evening by thanking Norman Baker for attending, congratulated him on his work as Shadow Transport Secretary in calling for a train fares freeze this week, and thanked the Lib Dem events team for organising the dinner.

You can read more about Norman Baker's investigation at http://www.normanbaker.org.uk/international/kelly.htm