When the news broke that five illegal immigrants from Nigeria had been nicked whilst working as cleaners in the Home Office the New Labour spin on it was as predicatble as ever. Blair's official spokesman said that because "they were caught" it showed that "the system worked".
The problem is it then transpired that the five men had not only been cleaning in the opffice that deal with immigration status, but that some of them had been cleaning the offices for up to three years. "The system worked" then quickly became "no system [is] 100% foolproof" from the Home Office official spokesman.
I don't expect many will be surprised the Government have misled the public on this and had to backtrack when they've been caaught out, it's become par for the course these days. But doesn't it make you feel great to know the people in charge of national security are so competent with their own office security processes?
When David Davis said that the Home Office had gone "from the sublime to the ridiculous" I think he may have actually understated the situation.
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