Me, 16 March 2005:
The overarching and chronic problem here is that the political cycle is simply too short, and its influences simply too self-interested, for the regulatory reform process to be commenced, managed objectively and in the public interest, then completed, before the use-by date of the person in charge of the process.
I should add that since then I’ve come to the realisation that there is actually no one in charge of the process. That doesn’t help either.