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Wholly agree in conceptual terms, but it must co-exist with the fact that sometimes you also do need more of things. To take one of my main preoccupations, the armed forces, there are a lot of innovations in technology and doctrine which need to be absorbed but the UK also currently just has too few sailors, soldiers and airmen. I think many would argue the same is true of the police.

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Thanks for commenting. Good point! This makes sense to me - I didn't mean to make the piece an argument against this, but can see how it feels like one :)

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No, I see your argument entirely. It’s just that you occasionally see it taken to an extreme (which you didn’t).

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