Many readers will be well aware that the Government's response to consultation responses on procurement law was published today. See https://www.gov.uk/goverment/consultations/green-paper-transforming-public-procurement
In a reflection of the importance of the subject, the publication was greeted with a publication of a First Leader on The Times this morning with the title "Procurement and Profligacy" (obviously making a link to pandemic procurement). The subtitle of the Leader is "New rules on competitive tendering for public contracts are urgent given the lack of transparency in spending during the pandemic". I wasn't sure whether that was intended to have a double meaning given all the concern about urgent procurement. Those bits of the paper are not usually intended to be humorous.
The takeaway, unsurprisingly, is that Brexit doesn't mean the end of public procurement law in the UK. We knew that already. Much more interestingly it has initiated a sensible discussion about how the 2014 directives have performed and how they could be improved. You never know, but the process may generate some discussion of interest beyond the UK and I will get around to commenting on it, although probably not until after Christmas given all that is going on.
The Christmas quiz may also have to be a January event.