Doug Gurr (ex head of Amazon UK) has been chair of the Competition & Markets Authority for a year (his interim appointment has just been confirmed).

What has been his record over the last 12 months? Well for the first time in nearly a decade the CMA has waved through *every* merger referred to it & blocked none.

But I'm sure that's a coincidence & nothing to do with his past, or the Govt.'s desire to placate the business community!

#regulation #politics #business

h/t Observer