7 April, 2007

Random queries no. 104

One of a series of genuine search engine enquiries which successfully brought visitors to the Ministry.  Can I help?

ministry of defence approved police boots

If the Ministry of Defence had oversight of police purchasing, I'd be even more paranoid about social control than I am already.

Police forces are run by regional Police Authorities, responsible to the Home Office (or to the Ministry of Justice, if the Home Secretary's plans are enacted). Not the Ministry of Defence.

It's called separation of powers, a concept which, admittedly, the Government seems to consider outmoded.