Government response to Forsyth Report
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Did you like the ministers speech.
A gold plated wafflegram if ever there was one.
If that demonstrates commitment from the leadership of the department…….strap yourselves in tight.
A gold plated wafflegram if ever there was one.
If that demonstrates commitment from the leadership of the department…….strap yourselves in tight.
The full response betrays the hand of Sir Humphrey Appleby - 46 pages of a Yes Minister script. I can just hear Sir Humphrey intoning the meaningless "In such a complex environment the Government expects the regulator to be firm but fair in how it conducts its role." Complex indeed - it's a great word that every bureaucrat should be familiar with and use often, particularly for obscuring incompetence.
All this, and no concrete result. Lots of "in principle" agreement, and even when there is full agreement, there are so many caveats that it is totally meaningless.
Expected but pathetic.
I can just hear Sir Humphrey intoning the meaningless "In such a complex environment the Government expects the regulator to be firm but fair in how it conducts its role." Complex indeed - it's a great word that every bureaucrat should be familiar with and use often, particularly for obscuring incompetence.All this, and no concrete result. Lots of "in principle" agreement, and even when there is full agreement, there are so many caveats that it is totally meaningless.
Expected but pathetic.
