Where appropriate, please accept apologies.
I suppose the point I was trying to make is each 'side' has its unfair share of incompetents (for diverse reasons).
It's as frustrating 'this' side as it is from the other. As Tucumseh says, you achieve DESPITE bloody committees, not because of them.
Enough said.
Either way, best of luck to those made redundant, it truly isn't the end of the world, there's a whole world out there that wants self-motivated, intelligent individuals, so you can be intimidated by them too just like the rest of us