Therein, of course, lies the fundamental flaw in my otherwise magnificent conception.

Such a scheme would indubitably depend on a crack team of bushy-tailed, bright-eyed subject matter experts whose idea of a good time is to stick their hand underneath the bonnet.

No government would ever go for that. Instead, we'd end up with a bunch of superannuated old gits like you and me in charge.

Still, it'd be fun...