12 July, 2006

Take the opportunity

The Guardian reports that the plan to merge UK regional police forces from 43 to about 28 has been 'definitively' scrapped.

That was an initiative championed by the disgraced former Home Secretary, Charles Clarke. If, as it seems, the Government is prepared to (justifiably) treat him as a scapegoat and excuse to abandon unpopular legislation, how about his apparently unworkable ID cards scheme?