Clueless government

Joanna Lumley was late for her 4pm press conference – she apologised and explained why. 10 Downing Street had just called her and said they “had just heard” that four of the five Gurkhas have had their test cases rejected. She repeated this, with incredulity. “They had just heard. They had just heard. There seems, if I may say so minister, a gap in communications.”

That’s one way of putting it. Another way of putting it is that British government is in utter meltdown, and there be even more stapler-sized holes in the walls of No10 this afternoon. Brown gave assurances on the matter, on the very day the Home Office rejects it – this is what passes for government. It is pure panto. And it would be funny – if these clowns weren’t also in charge of the economy. Words fail.

UPDATE: David Willetts has just put it beautifully in a speech at Demos: “Today is a very significant day, when Joanna Lumley took over the Government.”