It turns out that Bernard Woolley was right. Red tape really does hold the nation together. (View Post)

It's the thing we saw during the plague; some of that fat in organisations is there to provide resilience when things get hectic. An insurance policy, in other words. Tempting to cut, but you re… (View Post)

He'll say that anyway, because the alternative is his psyche collapsing entirely. Not only that, some rubes will believe him. (View Post)

In broad terms, the NI cut was absolutely built on lies, which is why Hunt didn't even try to specify the consequences of his spending totals. They simply weren't attainable. (Most of the p… (View Post)

But are they boys or girls? Enquiring minds want to know. (View Post)