Good news and bad

Oliver Burkeman again, first describing a visit to a Scientologist Life Improvement Centre (in our house we call it Majestic's): 'I hadn't been enlightened.  Nor had I been sucked into a terrifying cult.  But if the feeling you're after is mild bewilderment, combined with the sensation that you might  have just wasted a small portion of your life, I can recommend the Life Improvement Cente'.  And then explaining why large corporations indulge in so many meetings: 'Only because they cannot actually masturbate'.  Brilliant!
Sadly, this cheery mood was swiftly dissipated by reading about Blair's most recent appearance at the Chilcot Enquiry - 'the leader who burned with such righteous convictions' as Jonathan Freedland described him.  But Philippe Sands, Professor of Law at University College, London surely has (almost) the last word:  Blair 'ignored the law, and deprived the cabinet and parliament (and the British public) of key information ... his legacy is an unlawful and disastrous conflict that continues to cause misery and claim lives, shredding public trust in government, diminishing Britain's role in the world, and undermining the rule of law.' That's one hell of a legacy, Tony B.