2007 slightly different in that, AIUI, they rightly thought they would need slightly fewer Spads because they didn't need to fight one another anymore, as the Brownites had won, but overestimated just how many Spads they could reduce headcount by.

2010 and 2024 are different in that they are pure 'Did it work for those people? No? But it might work for us!' fuckups that have played out in basically, exactly the same way.

Feels like 'we needed those guys to fight a relentless war against our own prime minister ' is a sign of a separate dysfunction, but yknow old news