5 years and a bit of progress. Don't worry as up north we have 8 year pilots and counting ( and the worst offender has spent > £ 50,000,000 to get there )

When governments need to innovate, it seems to take them a long time ( as essentially they are monopoly providers and if they moved too quickly, what would the staff do ? ). Hence this apparent sloth

When governments need to save the banks, they can dither, and then move very quickly indeed

What all governments have failed to show us is that they are a credible source of leadership for e.g.
a) climate change
b) education

but that they are spectacularly good at delaying decisions on
a) nuclear power
b) pension provision across the economy
c) enactment of equal pay

What we need them to do now is
a) recognise the challenge, say sorry and take some hard decisions
b) open the doors to innovation, agile behaviours and SMEs
c) re-deploy some of the current government folks to the social industries where they are needed e.g. care for elderly ; social work ; mental health and
d) create work for those on the dole ( and the internet means jobs can be on a PC but you can stay at home so labour mobility is not such an issue )

Let's check this post in 2014 on March 18th.....