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...DNA of every bureaucracy are the twin desires for survival and growth. When you divide complex, deeply interconnected and interdependent public service systems up into competing quasi-autonomous silos - some bigger and more glamorous than others - and then instruct the leaders of those silos they will be evaluated on the basis of single figure simplistic targets or...

...DNA of most economists – lie three almost universally held and closely related assumptions that have, indirectly, had profound effects on contemporary politics. The first is the belief the future can be predicted, at least in probabilistic terms, with the help of good models and sufficient data on the past. The second is that radical uncertainty – as opposed to the...

...DNA. It affords you representation if you are in difficulty with your employer. It provides you with certain benefits but it also provides you with a group of people who have a common vision, for equality and human rights. Women have fought and struggled for their rights, and many of us have done so through our trade union and political membership. I will end my little...