The Law Is An Ass ii (LBD vii, ToC xv)

As a bear of very little brain, Gruff is wary of lecturing his betters but it seems not wholly inappropriate to observe that, apropos of number crunching, it is wholly self-defeating to initiate 'initiatives' that nullify other efforts in the same field. Inspector Gadget's report, at the excellent Police Inspector Blog, on the frustrations occasioned by government 'initiatives' to reduce domestic violence may induce apoplexy, hysteria or simply numb incomprehension in those awaiting the 'joined up government' we were promised so long ago.