“This is bad for policy-making - if you cover up the problems, how can you solve them? It also corrodes public trust. Government must be much more honest about the challenges facing the country, if we are to begin to tackle them. Short-term spin must give way to proper long-term strategic thinking.”

English barrister and former politician

Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve is an English barrister and former politician. Born in 1956, he served as Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield from 1997 to 2019, later leading the Intelligence and Security Committee from 2015 to 2019. He was Shadow Home Secretary from 2008 to 2009 and Attorney General for England and Wales from 2010 to 2014. His public career is tied to law, Parliament, and security oversight, with a record shaped by senior roles in government and opposition.