Perhaps then ministers would learn to issue directives and allow people to get on with things, instead of the seeming constant interference.

Do you put up with the constant interference and nagging just in case?

There was little strategic direction, constant interference from politicians and a financial short-termism that was dictated largely by the election cycle.

This constant interference demoralises people; it infantilises them.

Moreover, financial mismanagement, poor market analysis, rising energy and raw-material cost, substandard equipment, and constant interference from local government authorities hampered production and expansion.