Dominic Cummings on reforming Whitehall
In 2014, he set out what he'd do with an unfettered brief at No 10. Which he now has.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Sun 15 Dec 2019, 19:27,
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tldw. was it
"re-purpose Whitehall as a vehicle for pseudointellectual demagoguery?"
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Red Team
I like that he suggests Whitehall should get a Red Team - a small group tasked with coming up with contrary ideas. He seems to be blissfully unaware that Whitehall already has this concept, and that these people are known as "spads".
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Signal Passed at Danger?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 16 Dec 2019, 12:18,
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it's like he's watched an Adam Curtis film
and even then only half understood it
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It's very endearing that Adam Curtis is your go-to for political complexity.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Mon 16 Dec 2019, 19:35,
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because that very same day, thirty-five years previously, a little-known documentary-maker was about to change world history. Forever.
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and this forever had been thoroughly thought through
and already sold on - all that was left to do was to convince the voter that this is what they had voted for.
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Mon 16 Dec 2019, 22:32,
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the only things left standing in his way were a tricorn hat, and a group of irredeemably thick b3ta /links commenters
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that was my point
that Cummings would think so. Hence 'even then'.
Not sure if your misunderstanding is wilful or ...
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FFS
there's nothing more irritating than someone not reading your post properly and accusing you of the very thing you're taking the piss out of
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I reckon the sorting hat could do that one from the other side of the room
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'I reckon' that people who use Harry Potter references have probably never read anything else.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Mon 16 Dec 2019, 20:32,
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