The Blunders of our Governments

To begin with …
1. Blunders, judgment calls and institutions
2. An array of successes
Horror Stories
1. Blunders past and present
2. A tax on heads
3. Pensions mis-sold
4. Support for children – or taxpayers?
5. Britain exits the ERM
6. ‘Cool Britannia’
7. The great training robbery
8. Tax credits and debits
9. Assets unrecovered
10. Farmers fleeced
11. IT – technology and pathology
12. Down the tubes
13. ID cards swiped
Human Errors
1. Cultural disconnect
2. Group-think
3. Prejudice and pragmatism
4. Operational disconnect
5. Panic, symbols and spin
System failures
1. The centre cannot hold
2. Musical chairs
3. Ministers as activists
4. Accountability, lack of
5. A peripheral parliament
6. Asymmetries of expertise
7. A deficit of deliberation

Epilogue

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