Max Clifford enters the G20 fray!

I am beginning to feel that this G20 protest disaster will end up with false accusations and money-driven publicity obscuring the facts. Max Clifford's name is now in the frame! He is representing the young woman who alleges she was struck violently by a police officer during the protests in London.

She may well have a legitimate grievance. But what does she think she will achieve by introducing Max Clifford to the scene? Is it that his high profile will jerk the IPCC into action? Or get some fellow police officer to start talking to the press? Or, heaven forfend, she wants to "sell her story"! It is a very disturbing course of events.

We need to return to proper accountability for the actions of public bodies. There is much that can be done to expose the cover-up condition that has infected public officials (and corporate types, for that matter!), but dangling the prospects of media cashpiles into people's lives is another matter entirely.

It may be that Max Clifford is seeking to do all this pro bono, for the sake of the nation. I somehow doubt it. We are getting a kind of trial by YouTube evidence. Public speculation before any lawful trial. All this could be stopped in its tracks if the culture of society is changed.

No more cover-ups by public officials will mean that these long drawn out media exposees are consigned to the wast paper basket. I am hoping so, anyway.