Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is already making moves to Make America Efficient Again. He’s told U.S. federal employees that those refusing to return to the office five days a week will be axed as part of his plan to trim $2 trillion from the federal budget. Musk declared, “If federal employees don’t want to show up, American taxpayers shouldn’t foot the bill for their Covid-era privilege of staying home.” Sound…
Meanwhile, the UK’s blob is hardly setting an example. Civil service office attendance remains a pitiful 63%, with many workers still resisting to grace their desks for even just three days a week. Productivity is in free fall, with the Office for National Statistics reporting a 1.2% drop in public sector productivity for the three months to June – all while Reeves doles out a massive £10 billion in pay rises. Starmer should be taking notes…
Burnham spinning like a wheel in the Commons:
“I will very much say so on the record… It was legitimate. I have always respected the result. I have never questioned its legitimacy. But I am within my rights to point out where foreign actors are looking to interfere in British democracy.”