Such has the stock of the New Labour Government fallen, that it is only a matter of hours before someone has examined its spin and found it wanting.  So it has transpired with John Reid's attack upon Judges concerning their being purportedly "soft" on sentencing criminals.  Instinctively jumping on the "soft judges" bandwagon with a view to earning some undeserved public approval, he promptly rolled back off again when it was pointed out that the judges were applying laws passed and guidelines approved and issued by his Government.  Alice Miles  destroys neatly the whole edifice of (or at the least puts into context) the soft judges argument in her article in The Times, today.