Guest wrote:The letter recalls a similar note left by Tory Reginald Maudling to his Labour successor James Callaghan in 1964: "Good luck, old cock ... Sorry to leave it in such a mess."
Byrne said the message was meant in jest. "My letter was a joke, from one chief secretary to another," he said. "I do hope David Laws's sense of humour wasn't another casualty of the coalition deal."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... -successor
I guess the man, himself, came to regret his actions.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... l-electionThe fact remains that if pol's (of either party) are in a position where they think a reasonable assessment of the country's finances is to leave smarmy letters apologising for their incompetence, it hardly paints a glowing picture of the way they've managed the economy during their tenure.
When the current lot (again, ALL of them) are finally replaced, I'd hope they have the decency to retire from public office permanently.
If I was as shit at my job as they
all currently seem to be, I think I'd resign myself to a career washing car windscreens at traffic lights or something.