The UK Security Minister Baroness Neville-Jones has resigned her job<\/a>.
\nWhy so, you say?<\/p>\n

“She will take up a new role working with businesses to boost their cyber security.” (a\/c to the BBC)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…straight from government into a related private sector role.. how charmingly secure is that?…. (And, don’t worry, serfs, another Baroness is taking over.)<\/p>\n

The BBC story implies that government ministers are engaged in some sort of SEO exercise to own the key phrase “essential rebalancing of security and liberty”<\/strong> on Google. (No, I don’t know why anyone would want to either, but the evidence is overwhelming.)<\/p>\n

“I have also been able to contribute to the essential rebalancing of security and liberty<\/strong> in the review of counter-terrorism powers, the replacement of mistaken multiculturalism by an integration strategy which I hope will embed itself as a central feature of the ‘Big Society’, and to the redirection of the Prevent strategy which is nearing completion.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Home Secretary Theresa May thanked Baroness Neville-Jones “for her hard work, both in opposition and in government, contributing to the rebalancing of security and liberty<\/strong> as well as participating in the work of the National Security Council”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cameron’s response is a paraphrase that manages to avoid the ugly “rebalancing” word while still hitting the jackpot.:<\/p>\n

“You have helped to ensure that security and liberty<\/strong> are more appropriately balanced <\/strong>and dramatically strengthened the government’s strategy to prevent young minds being poisoned and radicalised,”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Credible as the others’ efforts are, however, the Baroness has achieved a full Tory key phrase home run :<\/p>\n

“the replacement of mistaken multiculturalism<\/strong> by an integration strategy which I hope will embed itself as a central feature of the ‘Big Society<\/strong>‘” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You will have already spotted that none of these phrases have any meaning. they are the verbal equivalent of fog. <\/p>\n

It all seems a bit odd. As the Baroness is leaving the government, why does she feel so compelled to continue to kiss linguistic ass? What on earth does a knee-jerk-right-wing-pleasing swipe at “multiculturalism” have to do with national security, anyway? And, surely, even the PM must be finding the “Big Society” catchphrase something of an embarrassment by now?<\/p>\n

Anyway, enough rebalancing of blog silence and blog production for me. I’m off to embed myself.<\/p>\n

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