Off Topic Starmer/ Reeves: last man standing

I am sick of hearing this word austerity, why not just say it real meaning A politician that is a coward and had no clue what to do. The CS need massive prod improvements, yes job losses, not just the bottom of the food chain jobs which are the ones needed, a cull of mid layer jobs required.
I have seen a few articles this year on the military,
UK and Israels military about same size, Israel procurement dept 400 people, UK 10000.
The chief of staff had a zoom call to discuss getting to 5% gov spend, complained about the amount of people on call not required asking questions that they would know the answer to if part of their job meaning loads of time wasted answering them.
The chief of the navy complaining about amount of time to get problems fixed, saying the nuclear det subs now doing 6 months tours instead of three because of the paperwork to fix simple repairs on subs in dry dock.
Will be plenty of similar issues throughout the CS. Remember the joke how many Civil servants does it take to change a light bulb
10
1 to change it and 9 to make sure he does it right

 

So, IF I understand your point, you are looking for a Politician to take on, and beat, The Sir Humphrey Apppleby Brigade?

The examples you quote, The Military Procurement, is so apt that it is a Comedy Series on ot its own.
It would be interesting to find when the last large Contract to come out within the original budget.
Has such a thing EVER occured.
Given the number of times the so called system has been reformed, it is not unreasonable to expect that 'THEY' might have got the hang of how to do it by now.

The whole fiasco echo's just why Government and The Civil Service should not be left in charge of such things.
Put bluntly, they are incapable of doing the job.
Sadly, saying that is the easy bit.
Sugesting an alternative system is the hard part, and like so many 'armchair critics', I'm ok at spotting the problem, but not so good on the second problem - coming up with a realistic solution.

 

Problem is the chief of staff came up with solutions but that would mean making people redundant, something the unions would not accept, why do even basic needs ie light bulb need about 10 people sign-off.
Also when you see the cost over runs, it is normally some one changing something when everything has already been agreed and started. When a project is agreed ,a ship, planes etc, the build should be locked down so no changing of spec is allowed unless it is a massive improvement on original spec.