were told at the time, now disputed? It seems the players in this sorry episode, under immense pressure to say something, have resorted to saying anything.

I'm with Sir C's take on the whole thing. Don't believe a word the evil, little yellow-men are saying. (Yes I know he's a pompous old stoat, but he once sat in the driver's seat of an airplane in the Science Museum so he knows a bit about these things).