Inaction has been the mantra for all governments in recent years. Talk a lot, do very little and when you do something, get it wrong. Whatever they end up doing will be closely scrutinised by politically motivated lawyers and, if they can find a way, delayed or blocked. If it passes that barrier, then a multiplicity of ministries, quangos and health and safety legions will descend on it and pick over the bones until there is little left of value, or the cost multiplies exponentially. Could even Beaverbrook succeed in today’s world?