Is Alan Johnson simply naive? Does he not realise the Home Office will eat his career, dead or alive? Or will he do a Roy Jenkins and be a liberal Home Secretary? He seems like a 'nice' guy, when you consider those who will surround him at the Cabinet table.
If Alan Johnson wants to make a name for himself, he should consider backing proposals from the Liberal Democrat Freedom Bill. If Labour has a chance of winning the next election the win would be as a result of the Home Office or Number 11, with Alastair Darling content with being quiet and keeping out of Ed Balls' way the logical conclusion is for a change in Home Office policy.
A few things Alan Johnson should do (or maybe Jack Straw?) to make a positive name for himself and which would propel him into Number 10 in the next few months:
- Scrap ID's cards and dismiss them as not fit for purpose, then apologise and point out how much you have saved by not going ahead with it
- Allow protests in Parliament Square and protests of the right to assemble in groups larger than 2 - lord knows they are going to increase, but so what? People need to let off steam
- Remove innocent people from the DNA database - accusations can damage a persons life, non more so than the feeling of violation, knowing that somewhere out there someone can see all your details. Even more shocking when you consider the police are targeting problem children and harvesting their DNA for future use.
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