Security
Just hours before the bomb plots in Yemen, UK and America were exposed, the Secretary of State for Transport had backed calls from British Airways Chairman to stop security checks in UK airports on Laptops, removing shoes, bottles of water and removing belts etc. He made this decision supporting the airlines cost cutting proposal with little regard to the reality that Laptops can be used for smuggling explosives; the shoe bomber almost succeeded or that colourless liquids in water bottles were central to the plot that almost succeeded in blowing 12 planes out of the sky in transatlantic flight 3 years ago. It is to be hoped that after Yemen, he has had his fingers wrapped and told to do a U turn.
Ginger rodent
It is very risky for politicians to use furry animals as props for speeches. Harriet Harman’s “ginger rodent” comment is proof of that. It may not have been her greatest hour but her speech would have gone unnoticed had Labour not been enjoying a very successful conference. The media and Tory press quickly saw it as an opportunity to go negative. She quickly apologised and killed the story but what about the poor squirrel who was likened to a Lib/Dem MP. Nobody apologised to it.
Security / Ginger Rodent
Security
Just hours before the bomb plots in Yemen, UK and America were exposed, the Secretary of State for Transport had backed calls from British Airways Chairman to stop security checks in UK airports on Laptops, removing shoes, bottles of water and removing belts etc. He made this decision supporting the airlines cost cutting proposal with little regard to the reality that Laptops can be used for smuggling explosives; the shoe bomber almost succeeded or that colourless liquids in water bottles were central to the plot that almost succeeded in blowing 12 planes out of the sky in transatlantic flight 3 years ago. It is to be hoped that after Yemen, he has had his fingers wrapped and told to do a U turn.
Ginger rodent
It is very risky for politicians to use furry animals as props for speeches. Harriet Harman’s “ginger rodent” comment is proof of that. It may not have been her greatest hour but her speech would have gone unnoticed had Labour not been enjoying a very successful conference. The media and Tory press quickly saw it as an opportunity to go negative. She quickly apologised and killed the story but what about the poor squirrel who was likened to a Lib/Dem MP. Nobody apologised to it.