Fair Rules for Joyous Strengthening

The European Court of Human Rights has had yet another attack of bureaucratic bonkersness and ruled that the keeping of innocent people's DNA records on a criminal register breaches the Human Rights Convention. With her usual respect for law and order, Agent Smith has decreed that the illegal statutes will remain in force. The justification for this is that "the government mounted a robust defence before the court" and that Agent Smith strongly believes that "DNA and fingerprints play an invaluable role in fighting crime and bringing people to justice". Given the number of new crimes New Labour has invented, perhaps her concern is understandable.

In other news, a non-ministerial resource has been found guilty of lying to the public, perverting the course of justice and imprisoning a child for reasons of high finance and personal convenience. No doubt she mounted a robust defence before the court and strongly believed her actions were justified.

Fortunately, the Glorious Successor has decreed that in this country there can never be one rule for some, and another rule for others. It just wouldn't be British.