My response is that would make a great article - more people ought to know

How many barrow loads would cover an area the size of Wales?

The chance of a southbound train leaving from platform 2 is so tiny I would discount it entirely. Priors are like that

What if the medic was in fact the clinical lead?

One of the many activities taking ONS attention away from economic statistics was sorting this out. I assume the 'special projects' Pete Benton was overseeing meant national security functions like the new situation centre to support contingencies

The committee was sceptical and promised to test his expertise

Yesterday the digital minister said to select committee there would be no chief digital officer as the DSIT permanent secretary could do that

Some people found themselves

And I did go out of my way to emphasise — in response to a post criticising the ONS — that the ONS data revisions were a good thing! 😅

Which is a drum I have consistently been banging for months, e.g this from Jan on the same topic www.ft.com/content/522d...

is that your extreme conflict of interest talking?

What is the estimate of the marginal cost you're relying on and could you link to where that is published, if indeed it is?

Sounds like you would benefit from a remedial class before our workshop in January

The basic model is:

1. Hugely hyped tech promises.
2. Vast, unstaged funding with no stage gate reviews.
3. "Christmas list" organisation, bringing in collaboration based on "garbage can" matching of problems to pre-existing solutions.
4. Weak governance. Often with bullies at the top.

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