Aye, Pete Doherty never leaves us for long, and he’s dutifully maintained his media presence of late by getting his grubby arse banned from driving for a year in connection with that little bust-up that left his manager jailed for a hit-and-run. In addition, Pete decided to record some idiotic speech (for Instigate Debate), which features a declaration by our favourite junkie (who has served two nominal prison terms) that the UK prison system is highly effective, which I guess is Pete’s odd way of expressing gratitude that he was still able to get high while incarcerated. Then, Pete nonsensically rambled about media monopolies and, in doing so, issued a bizarre recommendation for News International chief Rupert Merdoch:

Writing shit about me and my house, saying I’ve got a smelly house. Which I do. It’s my business. Why don’t you use the money for some cleaners and solve the problem?

Well, that’s a bloody brilliant plan, but it’s not the worst of it. Also present during this rant was Blur’s Graham Coxon, who spoke of his desire to “‘[C]lear America like an old overgrown field that needs the stubble burning and start again,” before adding, “[M]y little dream fantasy [is] that they have no importance in the world.” Coincidentally, it’s now become my little fantasy to burn those old Blur CDs that have been wasting precious closet space.

Finally, there’s been a substantial update to the latest Doherty-associated party death case, which has seen a rather interesting development:

Pete Doherty has been arrested on suspicion of supplying the drugs that killed heiress Robin Whitehead. The Babyshambles star attended a police station by appointment.

Film-maker Robin, 27 – part of the wealthy Goldsmith dynasty – died of a suspected overdose at a flat in Homerton, East London, in January. Footage she had filmed allegedly shows Doherty, 31, and others taking heroin and crack at the flat. [Doherty] is said to have left the property before she died to go to his Wiltshire home, leaving behind a stash of drugs.

Doherty’s best pal Peter “Wolfman” Wolfe, 41 – who found Robin’s body but denied she had taken drugs – and the flat’s owner Gill Samworth, 53, have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert justice.

Unfortunately, Doherty & Friends are now currently out on bail, but at least there’s a small wheel of justice turning in the death of Robin Whitehead. Now, if only the same could happen for the family of Mark Blanco.

Previously: Pete Doherty Escapes Jail Sentence; Is Immediately Arrested Again; Is Still A Bloody Idiot