This week: politics of waste, challenge and upcyding images

摘要

SIR - DO I AGREE WITH STEVE SMITH (OPINION, MRW, 26 NOVEMBER)? HE'S not wrong, but he is behaving like a platoon sergeant. "That's where the fire is coming from - fire back with everything you've got" and "sir, could I have some bigger bullets, more men and a bit of air cover?" The successful trade associations realise that government agencies are simply doing what the politicians ask them to. Politicians, meanwhile, understandably enough, are trying to keep on-side as much of their electorate and party as possible.