Sneak’s heart goes out to all those unfortunate driving students who have become the latest victim of the government’s inability to secure the data of its citizens. Not only are many still potentially in the unenviable position of not being able to drive, but now they have also been exposed to the risk of having their identities purloined by some ne’erdowells. What a double whammy.

Sneak wonders when and what the next government data loss revelation may be. Perhaps it will shortly be revealed that ten million NHS patient records fell off the back of an ambulance in South Dakota, or something. Or perhaps that a junior civil servant accidentally hurled a few thousand pensioners’ details into the Thames because he was not made aware of the “proper procedures”. (Deep sigh).