PARKINSON'S LAW

Parkinson's Law, coined by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in 1955, states that 'work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion'.  He was focused on the tendency of bureaucracies to expand over time irrespective of their workload. Parkinson gave as an example the number of people employed in the Foriegn and Colonial departments in Britain as the Empire shrank.

Parkinson identified two key aspects: firstly 'An official wants to multiply subordinates, not rivals'; and secondly 'Officials make work for each other.' Another key aspect is that bureaucrats, especially those in well paid and cushy jobs, want to justify their continued existence. One example that could be cited is the ongoing funds flowing to a whole host of gay rights lobbies – as well as other politically correct organizations. One might have thought that all the positive images for gays and even the introduction of gay marriage might have led those in receipt of public funds to conclude that it is now 'job done'. But no, they ably manage to identify all sorts of new activities for themselves, all sorts of new slights that need to be addressed - and so the flow of monies continues.

Another key example is Brexit. Hundreds of civil servants and experts have been allocated to this task with one department being expanded and the creation of one new department entirely. Yet nothing has happened. We are continually told that Brexit is so complicated that it could take very many years. The two year limit set by Article 50 may not be long enough, we are told.

This is all nonsense. The more civil servants are allocated to the task the more complicated it supposedly gets. The May Government, rather than implementing Brexit quickly (as even the EU wanted), is procrastinating and stalling. The Government has set up a considerable gravy train that has a vested interest in avoiding Brexit. Parkinson's Law prevails.

What is needed is a speedy implementation of Turbo Brexit (see the English Rights Campaign item dated the 4^th August 2016).