Water charges report - We will pay up one way or another
He would have seen and exploited the opportunities offered by one health scandal after another to soak up public curiosity and anger. Had those systematic failures not sufficed he would have w allowed in the potential to defer, deflect or distract offered by the scandals undermining our police force.
Sir Humphrey was not unique and the lessons he offered in this area have been well learnt. Some senior politicians, especially those in Government, have done something pretty similar around water charges. Had the issue been subject to the cold, unemotional, objective assessment water security demands then it is impossible to believe that the patched-up, dishonest dodge dressed up as a workable compromise being offered by the committee on funding of water services would have materialised.
