We appointed the other guy

We enjoyed the tortured prose in a recent Ministry of Justice press release on the appointment of Colin Allars as the new Director of the National Probation Service. 

'A director has been chosen to lead the new National Probation Service (NPS),' it begins, 'after the candidate who was due to take up the post stepped down for personal reasons.'

It continues:

'Colin Allars, the current director of probation within the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), has been chosen to take up the new role following Mike Maiden’s withdrawal after an initial appointment in August this year.'

All very mysterious. You can read the full press release on the GOV.UK website.