civil service

Darroch stitch-up shows how quickly Brexiters turn against the national interest

Attempt to politicise civil service in a humiliating attack on British diplomatic prestige suggests patriotism of Farage and his allies is overstated.

Cameron’s ‘buggeration factor’: Tory bitterness at the civil service might be an excuse for failure

Today we learn that David Cameron is fed up with what he calls the “buggeration factor” of trying to ram policies past the civil service. The PM’s frustration is understandable, one of his former special advisers says.