The UK political sphere has been so overtaken by Brexit
that sometimes you manage to forget just what an absolute weapon Ian Duncan Smith is. Leaving him in charge of opening a tin of tuna is presumably likely to result in disaster.
There're politician that go the other way too - David Davis being a particular one. He repeatedly made himself look a complete tool with various things Brexity, but in before-Brexit-was-a-thing times (and to some extent since) he does actually talk some sense on topics like Government accountability.
> Create the ‘smart’ energy grid of the future
I'm actually sort of OK with that, so long as the requirement for UK smart-meters to contain a contactor is removed. Other countries cope without the ability to remote disconnect, and UK suppliers aren't currently using it (and claim they won't) - so why not remove it from the spec sheet so that supplier screw ups can't cut peoples power off.
> Amend the Weights and Measures Act 1985 to allow traders to use imperial measurements without the equivalent metric measurement.
Curious to hear what, exactly, they think we gain from this. Either we're already using the imperial measurements (pint please mate) or there are a couple of generations in the world who have never used those imperial measurements. Seems like having to print both is a reasonable compromise.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
