2025-04-22
As one might expect, it's a little less forceful here than in the US, no doubt because Elon hesitates to involve himself in the internal affairs of another nation, but from small beginnings do large happenings grow.
And who can seriously dispute the need for a UK "War on Waste"?
No doubt Sir Humphrey would be apoplectic at the idea that his fabled Civil Service - the "Rolls Royce" of government support and administration - might benefit from a bit (or a lot) of slash and burn; but maybe, in the words of the song, "the times they are a-changing".
My only fear is that the project may be in danger of overwhelm - the occasional stories of totally profligate, even illegal, waste that sometimes leak out into the open speaks of a hidden mountain range, vast tracts of unnecessary expenditures that probably continue long after the initial needs have gone away, purely because nobody had the initiative (and/or the bloody-mindedness) to simply cancel them when no longer needed.
After all, "something must be done" is a rallying cry, whereas "something must be undone" has negative connotations that some may consider unseemly in public service.
