Target mad
THIS is a government that thinks of simply everything. Included in its spending review last week was a dazzling new array of targets, which taken together will improve almost every aspect of life in Britain—as well as achieving significant advances in the welfare of the rest of the world.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Target mad”
From the July 29th 2000 edition
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