Mark Andrews takes a wry look a the week's news

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Halfway through my student days, my university had the bright idea of issuing identity lanyards, or Jim'll Fix It badges as we called them, supposedly to check that unauthorised members of the public weren't taking advantage of its facilities.

I'm not quite sure what they were afraid of - non-students sneaking into the library for a crafty butchers' at Positive Economics by Richard G Lipsey, perhaps? But I do recall a slightly half-hearted mutiny in the student newspaper, and a rather pompous rebuke from some mid-ranking academic. Most of us, though, just ignored the rules, stuffed the lanyards in our pockets, and got on with our day.

This story came to mind when I read Labour grandee Lord........

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