That one isn't limited to public sector building, mind you. I have been told of a local office block that apparently came in well over budget and with issues including many rooms needing buckets… (View Post)

Yes, and also the government shouldn't be placing its bets purely based on monetary expected return. Projects that are good bets purely financially can likely get backed by private investment an… (View Post)

My feeling at the time was that she also got some of the practical politics side of things very badly wrong (bringing people with you on ideas, party management, etc) and that it was that as much as … (View Post)

I read that as "a hurricane of mass resignations coming", which would have been more politically interesting... (View Post)

Also, let's not optimise for the aesthetics of the bird's eye view, since nobody except people looking at Google maps will see that... I suspect it looks a bit less sprawling and visually o… (View Post)