Politics latest: Rory Stewart compares running government to fish and chip shop after prison escape
Mr Stewart says is "completely mad" how ministers are moved in with no knowledge at all.
He says his book is about being "honest about how bad it is".
Citing the fact that there have been nearly 10 different prisons ministers since 2010, Mr Stewart says it "cannot make sense to put somebody into a job as important as [prisons minister] for just a few months."
He says we should look towards the American system where experts are appointed to the cabinet.
A splendid idea, all the cabinet has to do is use its expertise to expertly select the most expert experts then all will be well. They would be experts we haven't voted for of course, the experts running things already.
Maybe his book is better than this, but I don't think I'll be taking the trouble to find out.
2 comments:
The key problem is that government is far too big, has put itself in charge of far too many things.
Everything else follows.
dearieme - I agree. Bureaucrats drag government into everything they can think of and the media generally act as cheerleaders for even more.
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