But that hasn’t stopped the government imposing it on a high proportion of the population, who have no end in sight to its forms and failures.

… the thing going wrong is far bigger than you imply …

The government can’t make the tax credits system work. IMP is bigger than the tax credits system, ergo they can’t make that work.

They can’t computerise our NHS records. IMP is bigger than NPfIT, ergo they can’t make that work.

They can’t specify how to create the NIR and they can’t produce any biometrics that work. IMP is bigger than the NIS, ergo they can’t make that work.

They can’t regulate banks. They can’t keep data safe. They don’t understand society. And they don’t understand government.

What do you call someone who keeps trying to do something they know to be impossible? Someone who keeps ignoring reality? Someone who refuses to learn from experience? Someone who doesn’t understand their surroundings? Mad. Bonkers. In the care of the community.

At least you do in normal times. But these are not normal times, we are living in a looking-glass world, where seemingly the community has been placed in the care of madmen.

… the thing going wrong is far bigger than you imply …