I wouldn't be too quick to condemn Mr Douglas. With every change to Government policy, effectively the terms and conditions under which he was employed changed. If other Government employees cannot bring themselves to implement these policies, they are required to resign. He was, apparently, on a <3 year contract, which is a longer tour than most in MoD are expected to complete. Perhaps his job was simply made impossible? It wouldn't have been easy to begin with, as he would have quickly realised that he was sold a pup in the shape of his predecessor's "initiatives", which were little more than (a) digging out old ideas from the GEMS suggestion scheme, and (b) suggesting that mandated policy be funded.