One rule?

Although the Labour Home Secretary Jacqui Smith seems to have happily broken the purdah rules when announcing 300 "new" police positions in London, it appears that

"The report into the police shooting of Charles de Menezes is now two months overdue. As the Standard reports today, it’s being sat on because of “political sensitivities” surrounding the race for London Mayor – i.e. it could damage Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair and, by extension, his great supporter Ken Livingstone."

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