Source: http://www.heathrow-airport-guide.co.ukIn any aspect of daily life, especially the workplace, you hope that those in charge of making the rules are willing and able to follow them to the letter. You wouldn't expect your boss to miss a 5pm deadline and you certainly wouldn't expect him or her to miss a morning of work due to a night on the tiles the previous evening. So, it seems likely that those working at Heathrow Airport a few days ago weren't expecting Britain's security minister Baroness Neville-Jones to attempt to carry banned liquids through security.
For a lady who has stated that "the view that the Government takes is that airport security is extraordinarily important and we cannot let our guard down", attempting to take liquids in bottles exceeding the allowed limit (currently 100ml) through security before flying to the USA is, in many ways, unbelievable. The restrictions have been in place since way back in 2006 in order to prevent terrorists from setting off liquid bombs on board passenger flights.
Further embarrassment for the Baroness and the coalition government, who made her their security minister, was revealed when it emerged that the 71-year-old wasn't too happy at receiving a lecture about the liquids from airport security staff. Even though many of us will have had a stern look sent in our direction at airport security after accidentally leaving liquid in our hand luggage, the Baroness, who was made a Conservative peer three years ago, was apparently unwilling to receive such a dressing down, shouting at security staff, "Of course I know how important airport security is, I'm the Security Minister".
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