On Newsnight tonight there was a regrettably short piece
which took as its starting point the question: Suppose we had to design
government from scratch, what would it consist of? Before the discussion
element we saw a graphic depicting the “theoretical minimum”: Defence, Courts
and Police.
There was a contributor to the discussion who was from the
left – something to do with the RSA. He said nothing egregiously stupid. In
fact, he made an interesting point, namely that mayors are more popular than
PMs. I’ll drink to that.
The programme introduced me to two other individuals, both
of whom will get attention from me. One was Jamie Whyte, who had me prejudiced
in his favour by being a representative of the Cobden Centre, founded by Toby
Baxendale (already a hero). The other was Nassim Taleb, a Lebanese renaissance
man.
If stuff like this is starting to appear on the BBC in place
of the usual obfuscation, where will it lead? No, it’s too soon for me to begin
hyperventilating.
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