Police officers are also consideredtobe more vulnerable around this time of year because their focus is on spending time with their families, shopping and socialising.
The version of the bill that Declan McCullagh excerpts in his report appears tobe one of many that have been drafted and passed around, but is not a version that would beconsidered seriously at a hearing to review the bill next week.
But there is something else that should beconsidered that is all too often forgotten in the effort to freak taxpayers out by tossing around these huge numbers.
Located at the thin end of the Thames tidal estuary, it is consideredtobe one of the cities most under threat from rising sea levels with around 150 square kilometers located below high tide level -- home to more than one million Londoners.