As Sir Humphrey said “No Minister, I beg you. A basic rule of government is never look into anything you don’t have to, and never set up an inquiry unless you know in advance what its findings will b… (View Post)

If they want that the civil service will have to pay a lot more to attract STEM graduates from industry, banking, medicine etc and taxpayers would have to pay for it (View Post)

Sadly probably so (View Post)

Went to a drinks do with Penny Mordaunt this evening, she was excellent and spoke for half an hour without notes. Probably the only alternative to Rishi who might be doing a bit better in the polls b… (View Post)

RIP Led the No campaign to victory in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum as well as being Chancellor in the financial crisis of course (View Post)