It is not in their nature
The Covid enquiry is exposing very clearly what a bunch of incompetents are in charge of the country but in a sense that is inevitable. Like the frog and the scorpion, incompetence is just in their nature.
Brexit has purged the Tory party of the experienced, dignified and realistic, the cabinet of every PM since 2016 has had to include large and increasingly large numbers of Brexiteers.
These people are not interested in facts, only the “facts” they believe in, automatically dooming any policy or initiative to failure.
When Civil Servants point out the obvious, explain the facts, predict the actual results of these policies; they are attacked or moved on or even fired. For Brexiteers this is because they do not believe in the cause, but the fact is they cannot make a success of a policy that is built on a bunch of lies, fantasies and ignorance.
That is why the TCA is nothing like what was promised, the Windsor Framework necessary, border controls not yet introduced, nothing they promised has come true.
It is also why the government is failing so badly, in almost all areas.
The people in charge are quite obviously second rate, but then we have had second raters before. What the UK has never had is a bunch of people at the top who do not accept facts and balanced advice.
They can’t because the basic policy that unites them was based on lies, ignorance and jingoistic stupidity. It is hardwired into the government, it can never recover from this, it is not in their nature.
Economics, trade and Brexit, not necessarily in that order but the dog always comes first.
By Jonty Bloom Media