Yeah, I know what you mean.

However, in my view, the fact that the original decision was made meant that she and Kwasi were out of touch with the voters.

And it does look a bit weird, being so staunchly behind her original decision only 24 hrs ago, don't you think?

I disagree.

I think it shows they are both f**king morons, Liz more so than we all suspected.

I believe the U-turn is their acknowledgement of the confirmation of these beliefs.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Might be of interest [Link] from the institute of government . The operational department HMRC, DWP, MOJ,MOD etc have largely remained the same.

'Staff numbers in all departments of the civil service have increased since the EU referendum. The Department for International Trade (DIT) was created in July 2016 to strike and extend trade agreements with foreign countries in the wake of the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Since staff numbers were first reported for the department in December 2016, it has tripled in size.

Some of the other departments that have grown the most proportionally since the referendum include DCMS, the Cabinet Office, Defra and BEIS, all of which had significant and varied responsibilities preparing for and implementing Brexit. In 2016 the then-permanent secretary of Defra, Clare Moriarty, estimated that over 80% of the department’s activity was framed by the EU, and its workload increased significantly throughout the EU exit process.[6] The department has grown in all but two of the last 24 quarters and is now nearly twice as large as it was at the time of the EU referendum.

The other major staffing pressure which drove recent recruitment into the civil service was Covid-19. Many of the departments which have grown the most proportionally since 2016 – DCMS, DHSC, the Cabinet Office and BEIS – also took key roles in the government’s response to the pandemic.'

One supporter of hacking argued that without it "you will do away with the courage and pluck of the game, and I will be bound to bring over a lot of Frenchmen who would beat you with a week's practice -Blackheath secretary at first meeting of the F.A

Agreed.

One more point

Sorry, can't agree.

The lying Eton Mess belongs nowhere near government imo.

Even though his inept 'cuddliness' seems to give him a patina of 'man of the people'.

I know 'a week in politics is a long time' - (I think Harold Wilson), but I didn't know you could inflict so much damage in such a short time.