New hope (of a sort) for EU sufferers: European Commission chief accountant canned after complaining about fraud and abuse, and Oxbridge threatened with financial penalties for merit standards (they make state schools look bad.)
Corruption and incompetence are going to be endemic to the New Europe, because the transnational multicultural managerial order they have there is unable to foster concrete standards and loyalties. Since intrinsic flaws of this kind are all that is likely to save us from universal bureaucratic rule, in a way they may not be such a bad thing.