Public money is being thrown away on people and policies/services which aren't fit for purpose (to their very core). Eg bad and corrupt [news.bbc.co.uk] local government [dailyrecord.co.uk] officials [shetland-news.co.uk] and bankers, incompetent hospital admin [guardian.co.uk] and inept [news.bbc.co.uk] interference [telegraph.co.uk] in schools [guardian.co.uk]. The mismanagement (incompetence and dishonesty) seems to be endemic as much as epidemic - with the worst possible people always tending to end up in charge.

Trying [inthenews.co.uk] to hold one hospital to account [telegraph.co.uk] is like attempting to melt an iceberg by licking its tip. The problem goes much deeper and is far more intractable than that. They just keep cheating [telegraph.co.uk] on fixing things.