Chris Bacon wrote:
Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

He doesnt make the stupid laws its the stupid bloody Civil Servants
that cant see further than the ends of their arses.

Its plonkers like Prescott that signs them and puts them before
Parliament. If they work Prescott takes the credit. If they go 'tits
up' the Civil Servants get the blame.