I can’t help but feel that this statement reveals all too much about the mental state of our beloved Home Secretary: Speaking during Home Office questions in the House of Commons, Ms Smith said: “I’ve spoken to him this morning about his comments. I’ve told him that I was surprised and profoundly disappointed by the… Continue reading The Home Secretary: an unacceptable risk?
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Jacqui Smith: It’s not my fault, it’s my contractors that are rubbish (whinge, whinge…)
Jacqui Smith’s startling insight into how the details of 84,000 prisoners managed to wind up on a memory stick which promptly went missing: “This was data that was being held in a secure form, but was downloaded onto a memory stick by an external contractor,” she said. “It runs against the rules set down both… Continue reading Jacqui Smith: It’s not my fault, it’s my contractors that are rubbish (whinge, whinge…)
Is “42 days” a ruse for something else?
Say what you like about the Labour government, they are experts at the art of splitting the difference. Even when they lose, by and large they win. For example, the existing rules on allowing terrorist suspects to be locked up for 28 days without charge was a “compromise” eked out of the last time they… Continue reading Is “42 days” a ruse for something else?