. . . or 'Cornish' one's

I'm a blind man, i'm a blind man, now my room is cold,
When a blind man cries, Lord, he feels it from his soul.
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It's just a deflection, together with resurrecting the NI protocol, from the domestic economic shambles of the tory government.

It couldn't possibly affect the cost of living crisis, spread over 3 years what impact could there possibly be, it will probably cost extra with all the pensions etc. than keeping them.

Deflection indeed, cue another woke story, bungle needs another atrocity in Ukraine badly, and not the 1000 Ruskies getting wiped out crossing the river today, the news has slipped back to the crisis in the nhs, fuel and poverty after 12 years of CONservative corruption, whether lining pockets with PPE, or taking Ruskies bungs and donations, can"t putin send a nuke ffs!

Organisational restructuring happens to be what I do.

I am sure the Civil Service in all its guises is ripe for change but it's a very difficult thing to pull off. Just reducing headcount by 19% won't do it.

What usually happens is that people capable of getting jobs elsewhere take the pay-off and run, leaving the weakest behind

The economic shambles is a result of the economic system we are forced to participate in which is a ponzi scheme run by criminals. The economy totally broke in 2008 if not earlier. What we are seeing is the result of FIAT currency backed by nothing but military power (the "lead standard" if you will). The economy will fail because the currency is increasingly worth nothing and that's exactly what inflation is (theft).