It concerned Vennells remark (in an email) to the effect that Perkins advised her that if you want to get the answer you want you have to phrase the question so as to elicit it. Perkins denied all kn… (View Post)

It has puzzled me for a long time how the organisation could be so incompetent and dysfunctional at every level. Perkins' evidence makes it very clear that the Board was at the heart of the prob… (View Post)

Thanks Huyfd. Apart from anything else, that is a superb betting post! (View Post)

And she has now accused Sir Anthony Hooper of lying. Spellbinding. (View Post)

Thanks, Lennon. Yes, that's about where I am. It is becoming increasingly clear that the culture was Board-driven. We may in due course learn the extent to which it was also Civil Service/Govern… (View Post)