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More quangos to go

Apparently another batch of quangos are for the axe. 

Consumer Focus, a corporatist nonsense, seems set to disappear.  Maybe consumers could, you know, like ... use consumer choice and the free market, rather than official busy-bodies, to represent their interests?    

Could it be that the creation of IPSA, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, has achieved something truly remarkable?  Might it have at last woken politicians up to quite how dreadful such independent bodies and technocratic experts can be?  We certainly don't seem to hear MPs offering to set up new quangos the way they once did. 

How long until we disband the FSA (who failed to oversee the banks), the CSA (who treat mums and dads appallingly), the MPC (who set reckless interest rates), and all the rest of the quango state?

Keep on hacking ..... 

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