the executive office and executive appointments in US life have always been distinctly whiffy.
it's one of the more troubling aspects of recent british politics, taking its cue from 'murica: appointing people from totally without politics, without vetting, often times to senior cabinet advisory positions or even cabinet itself.
non-MPs being hastily shuffled through the lords with a peerage or given access to the seniormost levels of intelligence, or getting their hands on the bureaucratic levers ... not good actually, despite what dominic cummings and your technocratic eggheads want.
it's one of the more troubling aspects of recent british politics, taking its cue from 'murica: appointing people from totally without politics, without vetting, often times to senior cabinet advisory positions or even cabinet itself.
non-MPs being hastily shuffled through the lords with a peerage or given access to the seniormost levels of intelligence, or getting their hands on the bureaucratic levers ... not good actually, despite what dominic cummings and your technocratic eggheads want.
