Ha ha ha. Piers Morgan has been sacked. It was only last week that a certain person (whose name must be concealed for legal reasons) stated in response to the question, 'in three words, what's wrong with the world', 'the Daily Mirror'. Maybe things are now going to change?

Piers has been sacked over the discovery that the photos, showing British soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners, were indeed fake. I have lost count of the number of days that I have flicked to BBC News Online (my homepage in fact), and the main photo and article has been regarding the abused Iraqi prisoners. Why didn’t someone find out earlier? I just do find it shocking the length of time this went on for, and the apparent convincingness of the hoax photos. Surely someone knew earlier that they were fake? Don’t we have technology that can identify things like this these days? Or did the Mirror know that they were false earlier and decide not to disclose this as well? In some respects I am shocked that the Mirror actually went in favour of the troops being abusive, making a sensationalist story out of it, rather than showing their usually true British spirit and rallying in defence of ‘our boys’.

It has actually been interesting listening to discussions in College surrounding the topic; some people were totally against the abuse – “we’re doing to them as bad as they do to us; surely that’s what we went to war to prevent” or “it’s a violation of human rights”. However, some people were in support of the soldiers – ultimately they have seen their friends and comrades die in this war, they have witnessed brutal events, had many months away from home in inadequate conditions all for a war they never wanted to enter; therefore, let them have their own sense of satisfaction or revenge. It’s certainly a highly political and ethical debate with strong feelings on both sides.

Oh well, I am sure that the truth will emerge at some stage. The Weekend papers will certainly make interesting reading though. That’s my Sunday afternoon planned already. Bets on who will take over from Piers?