Shatter may not do humble, but he has what it takes to survive bugging affair

DO you remember Smiley’s People? It’s one of the great classic TV series, based on the novels of John LeCarre and starring Alec Guinness as the deep-thinking, slow moving British intelligence officer.

It’s beautifully written and acted, and incredibly tortuous and slow. Most of the time, trying to figure out what’s going on, I feel like Dougal, in that Father Ted scene where he suddenly says, “I’m hugely confused, Ted.”

Well, that’s exactly how I feel about the Alan Shatter affair. Or should I call it the “Alan Shatter GSOC bugging whistle-blowing garda behaviour secret dossiers confidential recipient affair.”