The Daily Telegraph is running an E-Poll, is John Reid 'fit for purpose'? Yes 19%, No 81%. This result does not reflect the public confidence in the system that John Reid was hoping to achieve. Over the weekend in the Sunday Telegraph, John Reid announced that he was proposing to reorganise the Home Office. It is planned to have a department for Homeland Security which John Reid is keen to run, and a new department which is to become the Ministry for Justice. It was originally planned for Lord Falconer to run this department. However, it transpires that such a department would require accountability which only a MP can provide, and not someone from the House of Lords. Therefore, who is likely to head this new department from the House of Commons? One thing for certain is that it won't be Hilary Clinton, for obvious reasons. Nor will it be Anthony Wedgewood Benn, again for obvious reasons. Could it just be that a combination of these two might just be a marriage made in heaven for John Reid? I have been advised to: "Watch the news carefully over the next few days to test your cynicism levels". Why don't you do the same?
I imagine that the perfectly spineless and suppine Geoff Hoon would be up for the Minister of Justice portfolio.
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