Can you solve the Michael Howard mystery?

From: The Independent - London | Date: October 28, 1996| Author: Miles Kington | Copyright information

Today I hope to settle once and for all the Michael Howard problem. The Michael Howard problem is a simple one: What does he think he is up to? Or to put it another way, who does he think he is? It's a bit like the Hamlet problem, I suppose: is he really mad or just pretending to be mad?

I am not the only one working on this problem. There has come into existence a very worthy body called the Penal League for Howard Reform, whose sole aim is to get rid of Michael Howard. I applaud the...

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