Sneak likes to think himself as a fairly forgiving soul, but, well, the government has a habit of making him slightly irritable. Take the Byron Review on internet safety which was published recently. Wide ranging proposals include the obligation for search engines to display safe search settings on their home page, a voluntary code of conduct forcing UGC sites to take down inappropriate content, and compulsory kitemarked parental control software to be pre-installed on machines.

And it seems the government is to fully back these recommendations. Not that there's anything wrong with them, or the fact that they were compiled by a psychologist with a CV including appearances on classic TV shows such as Little Angels and The House of Tiny Tearaways. No, what is a bit more amazing is the government's complete non-endorsement of the recent House of Lords Science and Technology Select Commmittee report on personal internet security. Its proposals included a data breach notification law, legal liability to be placed on manufacturers for security flaws in their products, and a kitemark to be awarded to ISPs which provide superior security services. Perhaps the Lords missed a trick. Had they hired Ant and Dec to present their findings, maybe the government would have taken them more seriosuly.