Yes it is - no it isn't!

The head of the army has produced a damning report on the morale of his troops, saying that they feel "devalued" and "angry" and that the army as a whole is undermanned. The MoD have produced a classic "Yes, Minister" response, pointing out that the report is six months old, and that improvements have been made since then, and that, in any event the report merely reflects "the unedited views of individual soldiers, some of which represent more widespread opinion and others isolated views". Sir Humphrey would have been proud! But the point surely is this - on the one hand you have a serving soldier telling you one thing, and on the other you have a faceless bureaucrat saying something different. Who do you think is more likely to have it right?