What is the next fiasco to befall our coalition government? Well, you can take your pick:
1. There's the latest bright idea from Cameron on crime: "tough but intelligent" we are told. "Weak and dumb" seems more appropriate, as the Great Leader would not appear to have thought through the financial implications.
2. The child benefit changes are always worth a shot, as HMRC do not appear to have got to grips with how to implement the changes to the system. And as this is an Osborne initiative, it is bound to end up in a mess.
3. Meanwhile the proposed universal credit sinks deeper and deeper into the mire. Leave aside the monthly payments, the ill-fated computer system and the requirement for HMRC - DWP live updating. Now it appears that the new system will penalise the disabled. Oh dear ...
4. Can anyone explain what the Prime Minister's policy is towards the EU? Does he want the UK to leave? If not, why does he keep half-promising a referendum? And is Angie about to kick him in the nuts?
All this pre-supposes that Ministers will manage to keep their noses clean in the interim. No more ranting at policemen, no revelations of illicit relations with flame-haired newspaper editors, no more fare-dodging on trains.
"Dysfunctional" is the word I'm looking for.
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