This is one Fox who doesn’t have the benefit of a hole to bolt into. He is on open
ground, and exposed even more this morning by fresh revelations surrounding his relationship with Andrew Werritty. A business card and a self-aggradising title, that certainly smelt of impropriety.
But now we’re talking about sensitive business meetings arranged by Werritty, and attended by both him and Fox. It’s a whole different level of concern. And it leaves Fox in a most difficult
position.
The FT has the full story, but basically Werritty arranged for Fox to meet a group of businessmen in Dubai looking to transfer “communications technology” to the Libyan rebels. One of the suits present at the meeting tells the paper that, “His business card looks very official. I had no reason to believe Mr Werritty wasn’t what he said he was.
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