Irritations

Now, I'm not known for my deep, insightful political analysis and commentary, but a couple things irritated me this last week (apart from Lewisham Borough Property section, un-air-conditioned offices and England's late 2nd declaration in the first Pakistani Test). They were:

1 The extraditon from the UK to the US of the Nat West chaps involved in the Enron thingy. Now, I thought that the special extradition treaty (unilaterally enacted by the UK and not the US, interestingly) was all about terrorism - not financial malpractice. Actually that's unfair - as these chaps (however odious they may be) did nothing illegal in the UK so there's nothing "mal" about it. When are we going to get a Home Secretary who will stand up these US bully-boy tactics?

2 The obvious cover-your-arse tactics by the Metropolitan Police over the execution in the Tube last year. Hmmmm... isn't that the Home Secretary's portfolio too?

Here endeth the rant.