How to make a prime minister paranoid; a page from the bureaucrats' playbook. (Scams, Hustles, and Boondoggles)

From: The Washington Monthly | Date: July 1, 1988| Author: | Copyright information

How To Make a Prime Minister Paranoid

July 2nd

Dudley Belling, the Employment Secretary, has clearly been thinking hard during Wimbledon. Straight back from the Center Court he came to me with a fascinating proposal.

In a nutshell, his plan is to relocate many of our armed forces to the north of England. He has come to the realization that, although we have 420,000 service personnel, only 20,000 of them are stationed in the north. Almost everything and everyone is here in the south. The navy is in Portsmouth and Plymouth. The Royal Air Force is in Aldershot. ...

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