[Cyclefrance]

Not often that John Reid (Home Secretary) gets my sympathy, but no sooner does he bare his soul and say he's going to kick some butt, than a couple of immigration managers let him down. They were involved in the way a convicted murderer on the one hand and a rapist on the other, and even a paedophile on a third hand, that had just been apprehended, should be treated by the courts in terms of their immigrant status. They failed to respond with the necessary information, and this had the result that the courts by law had to allow these persons to go free on bail....

If Reid had any hair left he would be tearing it out, that's for sure. The managers concerned have been moved from their posts (not easy to sack civil servants... nigh on impossible...)