[spokeshave]

The remarks in today’s Daily Telegraph are Sir Gus’s final public comments before he steps down as Cabinet Secretary and head of the Civil Service on Jan 1.

Hey Gus.....you joined in 1979....32 years ago and wait till 12 days before retiring before making a bold statement.....

[Stolly]

He’s a civil servant. He’s not supposed to comment on policy. Its only because he’s about to leave that he feels able to talk about this.