‘At the time the Tories were so damaged by sex scandals the public would believe anything of them, and in the case of Milligan’s alleged murder the perpetrators must have known that.’

You’re right

I too well remember hearing the news an thought it typical behaviour of an MP supporting a government up to its neck in sex scandals and sleaze

I never gave it another thought

I’m hugely cynical, but I’m no conspiracy theorist either. That said, this is a deeply odd case. I also find the predilection for celebrities to hang themselves via doorknobs (in recent years at least) profoundly strange too. People talk about the 1%…forget them, and focus on the top 0.01% instead. Some very weird goings on indeed! I’m happy to be a mere pleb.

I don’t think you need to be a conspiracy theorist to believe that this particular case smells very odd indeed.

I recall Milligan was a very loyal backbencher often paraded on the TV to defend the government over Europe. So I find it very hard to believe he was just about to expose them over arms sales, as some have speculated.

However the theory that he was bumped off by Russian criminals might hold more water (especially in the light of recent events). Apparently as a BBC correspondent he was deeply involved in exposing criminality in Russia just after the fall of the USSR.

‘I recall Milligan was a very loyal backbencher often paraded on the TV to defend the government over Europe’

Extremely loyal -he used to speak of John Major as if he was some kind of diety ‘Our wonderful Prime Minister’ etc

The other thing I remember about him is that he seemed to be a thoroughly decent bloke.

Obviously the 1990s were very different to today’s in-your-face Brexit Britain – where its almost fashionable to be an as*hole – but I remember him being very likeable – something which was erased from my memory given the presumed circumstances of his death

Mims Davies appointed as the new sport Minster.