Oh, Darling!

BONG! As part of its mission to establish a record for the largest number of emergency statements in the shortest amount of time (three in the past week, by our reckoning), the Government reveals that Her Maj's Revenue and Customs lost the records of 25 million individuals in the, er, post. Smooth.

BONG! The Times reports a handbagging from the security services, as Vince Cable is the first to utter the immortal phrase "not fit for purpose" (or a variant thereof) with regard to the Treasury.

BONG! With personal details this secure, the question is: where now for ID cards?

BONG! London Mayoralty race update from the UK Polling Report: Ken leads Bojo by 6%.

BONG! Largely forgotten in the data-loss outrage was Davy Cameron's speech on how he plans to roll out Eton to the inner cities, so here it is.

BONG! Donations to political parties fall.

BONG! And Phil Cowley of Revolts details the first Labour rebellion over Europe of the session.

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 20 Nov 2007 5:48 PM. There are 1 comments so far. Permalink