Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah
.@latterm1th You have an archaic, obsolete view of the civil service. Its independence was undermined by Thatcher and destroyed by the Alastair Campbell government after 1997. — PolitiTweet.org
Peter Simon @latterm1th
@ClarkeMicah @markd17 that pretty well sums it up - otherwise why strive so hard for a relatively lowly paid t… https://t.co/ByvDsb1y4A