Poole gets into a murky puddle!

Following on from the snooping by Poole Borough Council, the couple at the centre of the Starsi-like surveillance have broken cover, so to speak. They are, quite rightly, outraged by this. It would appear that most of the country is too.

However, the shameless John Nash (pictured), who is the council's Director of Children's Services says, "We believe we act responsibly, in the best interests of people who live in Poole, using these powers. We do not believe we are MI5 or Rebus or James Bond or anyone else. We try to do it responsibly and we believe we have taken appropriate action, given the information that was passed to us." If he thinks for one minute that TWO WEEKS of stalking, spying, and generally acting like minions in a police state is "acting responsibly", then he must be a very silly man indeed. Or possibly warped? How would he like a newspaper to get a journalist to follow his every move for two weeks? I'm not suggesting that would be a good idea either, but it is something that people dislike and he may dislike it too.

Mr. Nash could have asked this couple straight away what was happening. He chose not to. That put's him in the creepy closet of New Labour apparatchiks. Blair insisted that this new law would not be abused, but then he has always been a man for whom the truth was something akin to believing in fairies. It is a calamity that the Tory and Liberal Democrat leaderships seem totally silent on this. Poole Council is Tory controlled. What a shower, calling themselves Conservatives!

My question is this. Is Mr. Nash a suitable person to be in charge of children's services? Maybe a visit to China could persuade him to change his ways!