Thread by @Dominic2306

1/ Again despite deaths+econ harm, western states 1/ aren't acting on new drugs with urgency, 2/ this isn't politically contentious - parties across West cannot imagine *actually accelerating the abysmal administrative state*, media ditto. So 1000s more to die/suffer pointlessly

2/ Drug trials are being halted cos drugs so effective it's unethical to continue them - but the bureaucracies then just say yeah we'll get to this sometime in a few months maybe... And there's no controversy. Biden keeps these clowns. Ditto SW1, ditto Brussels

3/ We briefly changed this mentality with e.g Vaccine Taskforce. But the lesson in SW1 is NOT 'how do we learn & do better', it's 'how do we ignore lessons & get back to normal (i.e perma frivolity)'. And political media NEVER takes MANAGEMENT seriously

4/ And of course much of SW1 + lawyers + activists + media mobilised to DEFEND the administrative state that's killed so many & destroyed so much, & attack the notion of moving faster to save people + businesses

5/ 'Back to normal' means MPs + media ignoring how power really works, never discussing high performance management, & systematically ignoring the most important issues. Given they don't pay attention to nuclear security you know issue X is also neglected
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6/ Central to speed is the concept of CONCURRENCY developed in WW2 & with ICBMs/Apollo (i.e building in parallel not series), but now practically illegal. With vaccines we insisted. NO govt procurement works on this principle normally but without it you cannot move fast

7/ If we had something like smallpox, or engineered bioweapon, given current performance our politicians & officials will lie down & wait for a few billion to die rather than change the foundations of the permanent bureaucracy, & lawyers will fight to maintain beloved 'process'

8/ As Ive said 100 times, we cant have people just making it up in an emergency like in 2020. There shd be a *proper emergency procurement process* so that great people have a management & legal framework for decisions at speed

9/ SW1 firmly in comfort zone with peppa pig. Theory of democracy implies LAB shd make rapid action to save 1000s of lives a big focus. Reality of modern politics? Theyll focus on peppa pig instead & ignore how SW1 copes with civil contingencies disasters. Ditto political media

9/ The fish rots from the head. If you want a serious govt you'll have to remove both the trolley & dud Starmer dominiccummings.substack.com/p/mpsministers…