dagApr 23

Starmer told the civil service to 'deliver' what he wanted

Yet he has sacked the civil servant who 'delivered' the appointment of Lord Mandelson

New by me, at Prospect

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/73105/starmer-told-the-civil-service-to-delivernot-blockwhat-he-wanted

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Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Thinking
https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/ #gk_chesterton #Look_before_you_leap
Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Thinking

A core component of making great decisions is understanding previous decisions. If we don’t understand how we got “here,” we run the risk of making things much worse.

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Mending Wall - Robert Frost | The Poetry Foundation
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44266/mending-wall
Mending Wall

Something there is that does n’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even…

The Poetry Foundation