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To me the most startling line is actually this one... "We do not care about trying to ‘control the narrative’" given the last six months.

Let us see where this goes
Getting to the heart of the matter - no question the civil service could use some changes, but huge risks of merely changing the groupthink, rather than being open to difference. As yet there is no evidence this government wants to hear contrary voices
Most of the applicants are going to be journalists...
More seriously what is positive in the Cummings blog is the recognition that existing civil servants may have the ability but not the connections or 'right fit' for progression. Can safely say that of many ex-colleagues.
Seems like I'd be in demand if @faisalislam was running the country
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