Giving the game away

My apologies to DiscoveredJoys, I intended to post a comment of his on the Weeds post a few days ago, with his list of new public bodies. It relates to Keir Starmer's promise to “clear out the regulatory weeds.” In case anyone missed it, the list tells a story, so here's the comment -


Arch Bureaucrat declares bureaucracy a problem. Do new public bodies give the game away?

Great British Energy
National Energy Systems Operator
National Wealth Fund
Industrial Strategy Council
National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority
Great British Railways (yet to be created)
Passenger Standards Authority (Announced)
Skills England
Regulatory Innovation Office
National Data Library (Announced)
National Care Service (Announced)
Fair Work Agency (Being legislated)
School Support Staff Negotiating Body (Being legislated)
Armed Forces Commissioner (Being legislated)
Border Security Command
National Centre of Policing
Ethics and Integrity Commission (Announced)
Independent Football Regulator (Being legislated)

I put it to you, m'lud, that clearing regulatory reeds doesn't extend to clearing centralising regulatory powers (and jobs for the fellow travellers).