The white powder plot

When I posted yesterday about the police visiting the office of Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski, I hadn't picked up on what it was they were investigating. It seems that someone, maybe one of Mr K's constituents, had posted some white powder to a minister. The powder later turned out to be flour. At this point you might have expected the investigation to be dropped, there being no crime of "posting baking ingredients" to my knowledge, but our doughty protectors had the bit between their collective teeth and continued regardless. That's by the by.

However, perhaps there is more to this than meets the eye. Today, Instapundit reports

THE WHITE POWDER MAILED TO THE WSJ WAS FLOUR. Apparently there have been other such mailings targeting “conservative commentators.”

So there appears to be an ongoing campaign of posting bakery ingredients to the great and the good, a veritable conspiracy in fact. Whatever can it mean?

Comments

[Tom Paine]

This is not even a half-baked plot. I can't help thinking Kawczynski comes out of the story worst. Faced with a bluffing policeman to whom he only had to say no, he gave him what he wanted. He had no instinct to challenge or even verify authority. What a wimp.

[JuliaM]

<i>"He had no instinct to challenge or even verify authority."</i>

Well, I guess 10+ years of Labour rule is working. Even if only on Conservative MPs...!

[Henry North London]

Perhaps its because they dont want a" let them eat cake moment" Its also because flour can be explosive if ignited when in cloud formation

[san]

Is it not an offence to intimidate, or intend to cause fear?

Hard to say without knowing the facts, if the envelope contained a note saying here is some flour, make a love cake, no harm done. If there was no note, or a note with the word poison on, then one can see the need to investigate further.

[James P]

Since handing over constituents' mail is an offence too, shouldn't the MP be arrested for helping the officer with his enquiries?

"your doughty protectors"

Shouldn't that be 'doughy'? I'll get my coat...