One can argue whether, in abstract, this was a good idea. Back in the real world - any government or large org can do a genuinely good thing so badly that it w

One can argue whether, in abstract, this was a good idea. Back in the real world - any government or large org can do a genuinely good thing so badly that it would have been better if they'd done nothing at all. And it's been many a decade since the British gov't had much of a reputation for competence.