Under-fire ministers face Cabinet

[news.bbc.co.uk]

Home Secretary Charles Clarke is resisting calls to quit over the release of 1,023 foreign prisoners.

1023 people?

I’ll bet I’m not the only one who first thought “They must have just lost a page, somewhere. Fencepost error or something.”.

Comments

3 responses to “Under-fire ministers face Cabinet”

  1. Chris Samuel
    re: Under-fire ministers face Cabinet

    Maybe they meant 1.023 ? Just a fraction out..

    I’ll get me coat.

  2. Stephen Usher
    re: Under-fire ministers face Cabinet

    Funny you should say this, but the offenders can’t be found on the National Crime Database…

    news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4953008.stm

  3. alecm
    re: Under-fire ministers face Cabinet

    Have they tried checking /var/tmp for scratch files? I know a few computer forensics types in the police who could help them… oh, oops.

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