The live grilling of James Murdoch today by a parliamentary committee has thrown into sharp relief the outbreak of a curious tendency amongst people in authority - the "know nuffink" syndrome. We asked our business editor for his comments; "Oh yes, its a well known phenomenum and has been around for some time. James Murdoch is a prime example but others include Theresa May, Liam Fox and anyone above the rank of branch manager in the banking industry. It makes you wonder what these people do all day apart from swanning around in business suites, striking power poses and stuffing their pockets with money. All decision making, at least any that goes wrong, is made by people below them without their knowledge and when the soft stuff hits the fan they stand around with their hands in their pockets whisteling innocently. They talk about a "culture" as if they have nothing to do with it and seem content with management techniques that don't even qualify as either management or techniques. Basically they are simply allowing themselves wriggle room because they are both incompetent and corrupt. Nice work if you can get it."
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