tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post4164757702753574117..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Life in the castle: Politicians, bureaucracy and accountabilityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-60083594004595598072014-01-09T12:23:20.299+00:002014-01-09T12:23:20.299+00:00It's not like all the misbehaviour we're w...It's not like all the misbehaviour we're witnessing has gone unnoticed by <i><strong>some</strong></i> people inside our establishment. They made The Civil Servant's Code of Conduct legally binding in The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. The Code covers pretty much all the points you have raised...<br /><br />Maybe it's of use - maybe it ain't - there has yet to be a prosecution - even though there is a target rich environment of official misbehaviour.<br /><br />Maybe it's just worthless unenforceable output from the regulatory machine destined to accumulate mould in the archives without ever being used -maybe not.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13985591514320408224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-89676752885634164422014-01-05T11:35:40.488+00:002014-01-05T11:35:40.488+00:00The growing disenchantment with politics stems fro...The growing disenchantment with politics stems from the fact that all our major parties are composites - in any one party, you find some policies with which you firmly disagree, hence an unwillingness to support any party at all. To vote for the policies you like, you have to appear to support some policies you hate.<br /><br />Ultimately, the only answer is to move to a Swiss-style referendum approach, where individual policies are separated from any party manifesto, allowing the electorate's opinion to hold sway.<br /><br />This will be highly unopoular with the party machines, but it is the only way to staunch the voters' frustration and re-invigorate interest in the political process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-35758039245009120792014-01-05T05:17:44.991+00:002014-01-05T05:17:44.991+00:00I am going to write this, even though it might be ...I am going to write this, even though it might be 'junk science'. <br /><br />There are huge industries. Let us imagine an enormous bank. That bank would be organised for a single purpose - profit. Its systems would be organised to produce the desired profit.<br />Now think of 'government'. It seems to me that 'government' is the reverse of industry. Its objective is to produce - loss. <br /><br />Does that sound silly? Perhaps. But think again. <br /><br />If I am right, then the skill in government would be to keep 'the loss' under control. That translates into keeping costs down to a minimum. That means being very, very efficient and actively <i>shrinking</i> your 'business'. <br /><br />The question now is, "To what extent is the conservative party willing or able to comply with that simple necessity?" If I might give one example.<br />The WHO has built a massive edifice of Tobacco Control, and 'noncommunicable diseases' in general. I have been investigating and the costs are enormous. The EU healthists are directly connected to the UN, and so is our UK 'branch' of tobacco control. <br /><br />See here:<br />http://boltonsmokersclub.wordpress.com/<br /><br />Why are taxpayers funding ANY of this organisation's objectives? Just stop the funding and let Bloomberg and Gates do it. <br /><br />As you know, ordinary people, from time to time, make major purchases, like their home, car, whatever. They pay for those purchases either by saving or borrowing, and then use their income to replace the savings or repay the borrowings.<br />For decades, government, despite its propaganda, has been doing the exact opposite. It has been spending on CONSUMPTION (including funding the WHO and such) and creating solid edifices of DEBT. <br /><br /> Junican https://www.blogger.com/profile/03405543859782362078noreply@blogger.com