Don't shoot the pianist.

The Child Support Agency are under fire again, with no less than the Prime Minister himself putting the knife in. Back in the mists of time, I was a Civil Servant, and was around when the CSA was being set up and they were trawling for staff. I well remember the whisper coming down from those in a position to know - "don't touch it with a bargepole - it's horribly underfunded, hopelessly understaffed, and bound to be a disaster". And knowing the Treasury, they doubtless bought in a cheapo computer system that was never going to be able to cope. Of course, those who made those decisions will never have to face the music - they'll have moved on (and probably upward) by now. No, it's the poor unfortunates who work there who will take the flak. 'Twas ever thus.