It's not just now, they have existed for many years. Nor is it limited to the Home Office. I suspect it's a combination of factors. Understaffing, lack of motivation, over-complicated and contradictory regulations and increased demand. I have seen some idiotic and very late decisions made by junior staff that then get elevated to a more senior level by me, resulting in longer delays and more convoluted explanations to try to justify the stupid decision. Ten years ago I took the Home Office to an Appeal Court and won. I am still waiting for my costs to be repaid.

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Of course, they weren't in cahoots! She has the highest reputation for integrity. Which is why she was chosen to look at Johnson's behaviour.

Braverman tried to avoid being spotted and outed. That's genuine news. She is a hypocrite.

Nothing left/right involved. Except in certain minds.

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Okay I was going by my friend she had to attend one in person only last year and was embarrassed about the whole thing. If there had been a bank of photographers outside because of a celeb she would have been mortified.

If you're saying it's all by computer then I don't see a problem.

One more point

Thank God the people running them are not public sector and in dispute with the Government. If you think it wouldn’t have got out you are living in cloud cuckoo land.

Personally I think she isn’t a particularly nice person, but she enquired, realised it wasn’t possible and then took the points.

Personally I’d rather a Government minister works on important things, as if she had taken the course no doubt people would have been bleating about how she wasn’t working.

Sorry to hear you got caught though - must have been weird for you to sit back and have to listen to someone else dispense advice.

It’s not just a tick box excercise. You have to join a live course on zoom or teams at a time of their choosing.

Mr Loophole (celebrity lawyer) says he organises these private courses for his clients on a regular basis. Just saying..

One more point

I was on one 3 weeks ago. I chose the date and time from a selection of providers. It started at 9.30 and was done by 12 with a 15 min break. Some people didn't say anything. There were a few questions for which answers on paper were requested to be shown to your screen. Most of it was the presenter showing pictures and videos and asking people what they noticed about the likely speed limit or stopping distances, which were answered by a few more involved than others.

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The course was run by a driving school instructor whose presentation skills were not that high, and who thought he is a comedian but isn't. There were lots of stifled yawns.

Even so, as already have 6 points on my licence through being caught twice in the same week by newly installed lights in an area where the limit had recently been lowered from 40 to 30, neither of which I was aware of, I don't think anyone is likely to replace him with me!

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And Phillip Schofield is still in the BBC headlines, alongside the Speeding course shenanegans. Real news like Yemen and Ukraine and the cost of living impacts are soon swept away

I disengage, I turn the page.

i found out my road knowledge was out-of-date. I thought all roundabouts were a 30mph limit. Not so, Grandad.

I disengage, I turn the page.