20 June 2007

Hey, I can be fashionably gnomic too ...

Seeking to pluck the low-hanging fruit is not necessarily a bad idea. It fosters the illusion of activity and it ticks a small box on the list of government achievements.

But, if as a government, you set yourself ambitious strategic objectives, then the people may expect to see rather more substantial progress towards their fulfilment. And frittering away ministerial effort on establishing and monitoring minor advances towards your goals may end in tears by bedtime.

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