It’s incredible to me that you treat this as a revelation. Anyone who knows anyone who’s needed a driving test for the last several years (not two) has known that it’s harder and harder to book, because the Tory government of which you were a part broke it, the same way you broke almost every public service. And now you waffle on about artificial scarcity and get people wanking on about minarchism in your comments, when the blindingly obvious truth to almost everyone else is that it worked just fine for literally *decades* until you and your ilk came in and broke it. This is an example of the woeful incompetence of your colleagues in running public services. I am certain that incompetence is only made worse by your ideological commitment to a belief that public services are always inherently rubbish, but the incompetence would still be there even if you didn’t have that commitment.
Short version: it’s your fault. Stop looking so surprised that it’s broken when you did it.
The simple answer here is auctioning tests to the highest bidder and letting the examiners keep a large chunk of the extra. Have them working 6 day weeks to get a nice bonus for a while until the backlog is cleared.
Yes, they get rich, but who cares compared to getting people driving.
Government is a joke. I don't know how anyone who goes near it doesn't want minarchism.
Totally agree- two of my youngsters when they had to book their driving tests, one was in south london, earliest slot was 5 months and in midlands, was 6 months ahead. This is causing delay and anxiety, but also importantly is a constraint on growth, limits jobseekers etc
It’s incredible to me that you treat this as a revelation. Anyone who knows anyone who’s needed a driving test for the last several years (not two) has known that it’s harder and harder to book, because the Tory government of which you were a part broke it, the same way you broke almost every public service. And now you waffle on about artificial scarcity and get people wanking on about minarchism in your comments, when the blindingly obvious truth to almost everyone else is that it worked just fine for literally *decades* until you and your ilk came in and broke it. This is an example of the woeful incompetence of your colleagues in running public services. I am certain that incompetence is only made worse by your ideological commitment to a belief that public services are always inherently rubbish, but the incompetence would still be there even if you didn’t have that commitment.
Short version: it’s your fault. Stop looking so surprised that it’s broken when you did it.
The simple answer here is auctioning tests to the highest bidder and letting the examiners keep a large chunk of the extra. Have them working 6 day weeks to get a nice bonus for a while until the backlog is cleared.
Yes, they get rich, but who cares compared to getting people driving.
Government is a joke. I don't know how anyone who goes near it doesn't want minarchism.
Totally agree- two of my youngsters when they had to book their driving tests, one was in south london, earliest slot was 5 months and in midlands, was 6 months ahead. This is causing delay and anxiety, but also importantly is a constraint on growth, limits jobseekers etc