Wouldn't an American style DOGE here also require embedding a significant number of people across the adminstrative state - which includes over 400 agencies as well as departments of state - and wouldn't the blob be able to resist far more readily than in the US where political appointments to the civil service built in? The constitutional and cultural differences are quite significant.
The British State needs rewiring yet it is historically resistant. It has evolved organically without a blue print unlike the US situation which was thought through at the outset. That US can be rewired. Rewiring the UK is like trying to eradicate Japanese knotweed.
I hope there will be an electable party with a credible plan at the next election, but I do not see that as very likely, at least for now.
Wouldn't an American style DOGE here also require embedding a significant number of people across the adminstrative state - which includes over 400 agencies as well as departments of state - and wouldn't the blob be able to resist far more readily than in the US where political appointments to the civil service built in? The constitutional and cultural differences are quite significant.
The British State needs rewiring yet it is historically resistant. It has evolved organically without a blue print unlike the US situation which was thought through at the outset. That US can be rewired. Rewiring the UK is like trying to eradicate Japanese knotweed.
I hope there will be an electable party with a credible plan at the next election, but I do not see that as very likely, at least for now.