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(From The Northern Echo)
MICHAEL Howard was back on familiar political territory yesterday.
As Home Secretary, he made his reputation with a nononsense, hard-line approach to criminals.
As Leader of the Opposition, and potential Prime Minister, he remains a keen advocate of 'zero tolerance' policing. It is a stance in tune with the thoughts of many ordinary people.
However, consistency and populism do not automatically amount to omniscience on matters of law and order.
Mr Howard's rhetoric, no doubt, has widespread appeal.
But it is really too simplistic to lay so much of the responsibility