I find is amusing that the following position on Begum (another culture war case) upsets nearly everyone. 1) she should be bought back to this country 2) and prosecuted for the war crimes that she ha… (View Post)

The problem is performative bullshit paperwork. Grenfell had metric tons of paper saying it was the bestest building in the whole world. I would bet that no one actually checks that the driver of the… (View Post)

It’s also the gold plating. The taxi firm does bus stuff for schools - vehicles all up to spec for children. One service they do is bussing for private schools. They also do school trips for both sta… (View Post)

a The problem is that this leads to “We must spend more on everything, all the time” thinking and belief. In any sane organisation there needs to be cost control. I’ve actually worked in an organisat… (View Post)

Part of the problem is that belief in “public service inflation” has been baked in. That is, government costs will grow faster than inflation. Forever. After various stupid attempts at slashing costs… (View Post)