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Monday, 12 January 2026

Soft Touch


Not a new story of course, but one worth repeating because experience suggests that even the easiest lessons have yet to be learned.


2 comments:

DiscoveredJoys said...

The point of lessons (in practice) is to placate the electorate and to also mark places which should be avoided by con-men wanting to game the system - whether the lessons are 'learned' or not.

Nice little earner for the legal profession too.

A K Haart said...

DJ - yes, official pronouncements seem to be little more than stock phrases to placate the electorate, safe official formulae. "Our thoughts are with..." seems to be a common one.