Should Sir Ian Blair resign?

It may be open to debate - has trust in the police been harmed, what of all his other gaffes, isn't he ultimately responsible? Was he party to the decision to prosecute his own force with Health and Safety breaches rather criminal offences?

What I find more difficult to take is the sheer hypocrisy of the Labour Cabinet - responsible for introducing the concept of Corporate Manslaughter and gnashing their teeth when the Board of Railtrack were not prosecuted after the railway disaster. I would argue that Sir Ian, in picking his subordinates, in tolerating ineffective communication equipment, setting up command structures and training programmes and being in overall command was no less guilty that the very senior management of Railtrack. Is there one law/code for the public sector, and for those who rub shoulders with New Labour especially, and another for the private sector? Is the establishment protecting those who are between them and criticism out of sheer self-interest, and because Sir. Ian is one of their own? Whatever the reason, there is more than a whiff of hypocrisy.