Home Office effectiveness?

Friday, 28 November 2008

 Home Office effectiveness?

Amidst the BBC reporting of reaction to the arrest of Damian Green, readers are treated to this little gem of an explanation for the 'mole hunt':

Sir David Normington, the top civil servant at the Home Office, said he had taken the decision to ask for police help in identifying the source of a series of "leaks of sensitive information over an extended period," because the leaks had "risked undermining the effective operation of my department".

I would suggest the leaks came about as a direct result of the operation of Sir David Normington's department being completely ineffective; and the subsequent desire of a frustrated whistleblower to make the public aware of how badly they are served by that dysfunctional ministry.