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Originally Posted by gondola
Wynonie Harris,
Post 9 - Quite. The woman is ghastly. I understand from a report I read some time ago that she is a metallurgist by background and was said to be rather quiet at University and clearly she is not cut out for negotiating with heads of state on matters of significant importance.
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As regards ministerial incompetence, Margaret Beckett has form. When she was in charge at DEFRA, she instigated an unworkably complex scheme of agricultural payments that has so far cost £500m, £305m of which has been paid by the British taxpayer, to the EU in fines. Only last week a commons committee in a scathing report on the matter suggested that she, amongst others, should have resigned. Instead, she was promoted to foreign secretary. A fitting reflection on this wretched government.