Trying to de-sleaze the tabloid press will command plenty of public and political support.
It brings out the dangers of a military chain of command model of public health, in which no one questions or resists decisions from higher authority.
A somewhat unorthodox choice for the job, Mr. Dear sounds a little like Captain Kirk surveying the Starship Enterprise when he explains why he leaped at the opportunity earlier this year: "Calpers is the flagship command of the public pension fund world".
The scene exemplifies many of the queen's qualities: her courage, her histrionic command of grand public occasions, her rhetorical blending of magniloquence and the language of love, her strategic identification with martial virtues considered male, and even her princely parsimony.
They can be revealing, uncouth, brash and confused — or entirely in command of their public persona in ways that mass media would never let them have before.
There is also the need to evolve from a more "command and control" orientation of public health officials towards the community, to an attitude of participation, openness and accountability, recognizing the rights of the poor and the vulnerable.
Conventions no longer command the kind of public attention they once did, and their very slickness can conspire against addressing the kinds of perception problems Mr. Romney faces.
Key figures in Tory high command say analysis of public statements and private views expressed by their 330 MPs shows that at least 210 now believe that the UK would be better off "out".
Its civil servants command high levels of public trust and confidence at home and envy among some EU colleagues (see article).But famous examples of maladministration such as the troubled introduction of a new IT system for the National Health Service, chaos in the allocation of rural payments and tax credits, and ill-drafted private-finance initiatives seem to justify concern.
