"That the British Government could have saved his life but they didn't.

I honestly think that Ken Bigleys' fate was sealed on the day he was kidnapped. The kidnappers have repeatedly asked for the release of women prisoners even though they knew that there are no women prisoners in British custody in Iraq.
The only way the British government could have saved Ken Bigleys' life would have been to NOT get involved in the attack on Iraq and to stay out of middle-eastern politics.
Every one of these stories of kidnap and murder is brutal and barbaric, making extremely difficult reading, never mind the video footage, but the Bigley case seems to have been more personal because of the weeks he was kept, giving false hope of return, and the fact that he made several recordings, appealing to Tony Blair for intervention.
The papers all carry the grim story this morning.

C-flat.