Government By Cretins - DEFRA

Defra squandering millions as Rural Payments Agency nears collapse - Times Online

Taxpayers are to be landed with a £622 million bill for bungled payments made to farmers after reform of the Common Agriculture Policy four years ago, according to the National Audit Office .

The scale of chaos and administrative failures at the Rural Payments Agency, which distributes £1.6 billion a year to English farmers, and lack of oversight by ministers is outlined today in one of the most damning audits produced by the public spending watchdog.

Oh ar oh ar.

UK Government FO Total Fail Thank You

Thanks to the UK government, the Foreign Office (or whatever it's called these days) and the ever-despicable Ministry of Defence, the following:

The final withdrawal (ejection) of British troops from Iraq (expect total silence from the UK media, especially the BBC);

British hostages in Iraq probably dead.

We hope you all sleep well o' nights.