Power mad? Despot? More money than sense?
All three of those things perfectly describe the UK "government".
And yes, I know the country is broke - I still stand by the more money than sense part!
The European Parliament has failed to offload the half-dozen body scanners it bought in 2005, shortly before MEPs decided the technology was intrusive - even for normal people. The scanners were bought in the wake of the September 11 attacks, but only turned up in 2005, by which time things had calmed down a bit. They were …
Flog 'em on eBay, I say. Make some cash. I'm sure there's a whole demographic of society would like the chance to own their own scanner like that! For all sorts of academic research and educational purposes of course.
Paris... not that you need a perv scanner to see what she's hiding. 'Cause she doesn't exactly hide anything.