Good to see some­one in power and in the pub­lic eye stat­ing this for the record.

Gov­ern­ment pol­icy is often badly formed because it is drawn up in response to tragedies and prob­lems, the Government’s new head of risk man­age­ment has said (Sam Coates writes).

Rick Haythorn­th­waite, head of the Risk and Reg­u­la­tion Advi­sory Coun­cil, said that pol­icy was often affected by pres­sure from an aggres­sive media and a con­fronta­tional Par­lia­ment. “We have got to deal with some of the sys­temic flaws in policy-making within White­hall,” he said.

He told The Pol­i­tics Show on BBC One that calls to pro­tect the pub­lic sapped self-reliance, resilience and the spirit of adven­ture. Some risk could be a very good thing, he said.

via The Magistrate’s Blog