You know, I was going to give the Respect Action Plan document a right old bollocking over at my place. I'm fast coming to the conclusion that it's unworthy of my time.

I agree with Chicken Yoghurt. Once again Blair hits the road with an ill-conceived campaign, presumably because he's missing the attention directed at Kennedy and the LibDems.

See also http://www.theuktoday.co.uk/2006/01/showing_a_little_respect.html

So it's got nothing at all to do with Galloway being out of the picture for a fortnight then?

Some gimmick:

[Blair] acknowledged that many of the powers would change the burden of proof so that the accused would have to prove themselves innocent instead of the accuser having to prove guilt.

"To get on top of 21st century crime, we need to accept that what works in practice is a measure of summary power with right of appeal," he said.

http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20060110-020526-1106r

But underblog, once again we have a situation where Blair is promising something he can't deliver. It isn't the first time he has come up with a scheme that would change the burden of proof, but in today's political climate he is less likely to get the neccessary powers granted by Parliament.