Originally Posted by OLD BOY

If you thought about it, you could name many sorts of advisor. I'm sure that as PM, Liz Truss does not need an advisor for every pettyfogging decision she makes.

And certainly not one who goes around advising on conflicts of interest. I would have thought that was pretty self evident. We need to cut all the waste in government, not add to it.

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Sorry, did you mean 'yet'?

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We want to prevent another nuclear war. Does she need to appoint an advisor for that?

We want to prevent more boats coming across the North Sea. Does she need another advisor for that?

We want to prevent more terrorist attacks. Does she need another advisor for that?

The truth is, there are many things we need to prevent, and many things to address, but we rely on the guy at the top to make these decisions and bring in expertise as required.

All the overkill seems to be a deliberate attempt to frustrate and slow everything down. We have a lot of issues to resolve in a very short time. The PM needs to be freed up to deal with things as she sees fit. If she gets it wrong, the GE will judge her on any failures.