These are days of intense lobbying from homosexuals and their supporters. It will be staffed by officers trained to help homosexuals who have been attacked. There is no secret about the fact that Avon health officials have been given public money to produce this package, or that it is already being used in schools in various parts of the country. Yet what is odd is how coy the politicians become whenever they are asked about it. In Scotland last month, the Prime Minister expressed incredulity.
Officials charge off on their own, doing every kind of thing which provokes amazement.
Yet when ministers are challenged on what the officials are up to, they either deny it is happening at all, or at best defend it with petulant self-righteousness. No one seems to be in charge.