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A government Minister was yesterday fined £100 after being caught using a mobile phone whilst driving. It is, of course, quite right that he's been fined — you can't have one rule for one and another for another.

The Minister in question, Liam Byrne, said there was no excuse for doing what he was doing, but did still note that he was taking an "important call on a deportation matter" when he was caught. If there was no excuse, why did he need to divulge the nature of his conversation at the time of his being caught?

Indeed, far from exculpating him, the matter of his business at the time of his being caught should be thought of making things worse for Mr Byrne: if anyone was handling a deportation matter, I'd hope they would do it in a calm environment in which they could give said matter their full attention and not on a mobile phone whilst driving!

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