When government ministers decide to sound ministerial, the result can be a strange mixture of decisive sounds and ambiguous noises. You could hear it during John Baird's shambolic finale as transport minister, when he struggled with security checks of face-veiled air passengers.
"One hundred per cent of people must be verified at the gate," Baird declared. "There is one law for all."
It seems like straightforward government policy. But is it?
