good news? (late follow up)

[Carl Remick]

Re Jim's: "Listening to the spin put on the news about Pinochet's arrest
in London, it seems as if the British government is preparing public
opinion for a climbdown on extradition. No clear statement to that
effect, but a deafening silence from Labour's front bench is being
interpreted as a lack of will to see the thing through."

Yes, it would seem that Baroness Thatcher's tea companion will be going
home, after all.  Following is from today's Guardian:

Straw signals Chile deal 
Pinochet may be sent home after Carey plea for mercy 

By Ewen MacAskill, David Pallister and Ian Black
Friday October 23, 1998 

The Home Secretary, Jack Straw, hinted yesterday that the former Chilean
dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, could be sent home on compassionate
grounds after a plea by the Archbishop of Canterbury for a Christian
approach. 

The signal from the Government came as a legal challenge to his arrest
was adjourned until Monday amid growing controversy over his detention.

Baroness Thatcher's call for him to be allowed to return home brought
condemnation from the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, Labour
back-benchers and the Liberal Democrats and an ambivalent response from
the Conservatives.

(end of excerpt)

Carl Remick