Whitehall possesses considerable properties as a shock absorber. The arrival of Mrs Thatcher in 1979 was quite high on their Richter scale of tremors, yet they learnt to adapt. Mrs T was organised, consistent, and did her work on time with great diligence. Boris’s talents, to put it charitably, lie in different directions.
24 July 2019, The Tablet
As never before Civil Servants must fulfil their duty of speaking truth unto power
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