Dominic Cummings criticizes the failures of the organisational structures of government in dealing with the pandemic, particularly the balance of power between officials and elected politicians.
Dominic Cummings has taken off his jacket now but he's still firing out his answers so rapidly he's repeatedly reminded to slow down.After lunch, the discussion is focusing in on the failures of the organisational structures of government in dealing with the challenge of the pandemic.A big part of Mr Cummings's criticism is about the organisation of the civil service and the balance of power between officials and elected politicians .
He uses the word 'Potemkin' again and again, suggesting that much of the way we the public understand government to function - via cabinet based decision making, ministerial responsibility, COBRA meetings - was essentially a sham, set up for Soviet style propaganda purposes, with power largely in the hands of officials.What's more, he condemns that system as 'dysfunctional' as a result of the wrong people in the wrong job, bad management and a lack of scrutiny.
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