Showing posts with label politicians. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politicians. Show all posts
Tuesday, 16 July 2019

Accountability (public sector newspeak version) is complexity.

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Scrutiny “Surveyor, in your thoughts you may be reproaching Sordini for not having been prompted by my claim to make inquiries about t...
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Friday, 3 May 2019

Hey politicians, write your own quotes don't just take whatever dribble the press office gives you...

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A case in point: “Whilst at this point in the bid development we have not identified specific schemes being proposed within constituencies,...
Tuesday, 16 April 2019

Politicians are terrified - that's why they're so keen on regulating the web

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Politicians are terrified. Really they are and it explain a great deal about today's politics. And also why those politicians are so ke...
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Thursday, 7 February 2019

Quote of the day - on the loss of trust in government

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We are seeing this play out in places other than the USA - here in Britain, in France, Spain and Germany - levels of trust in government hav...
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Friday, 4 January 2019

What politicians should be doing...nothing

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“Doing nothing is a full-time job. Don’t imagine that laissez-faire means putting your feet up. All officials want to extend their powers; ...
Monday, 23 July 2018

Comedians aren't public intellectuals. Send them back to tell jokes please.

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Back in my youth there were comedians. They told jokes, made sketches and skits, acted in sit-coms and made guest appearances on game shows...
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Saturday, 8 April 2017

"Tell 'em I lied". Why politicians aren't truthful.

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It's usually attributed to Huey or Earl Long both, back in the day, Governor of Louisiana. Presented with the truth about a campaign ple...
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Wednesday, 14 December 2016

MPs and Syria - a defence of politicians

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Events in Aleppo shock us all and, as we do when such things happen, we look around for people or organisations at which we can point a fing...
Thursday, 11 February 2016

Quote of the day - on the consequence of political decisions

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**** From the incomparable Dick Puddlecote : My personal favourite was a story of a politician who was offered a drink late at night and ch...
Thursday, 3 September 2015

Members of the House of Lords are politicians - however you get them there

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**** A chap from You Gov wants a 'politican free House of Lords' : So the answer is clear: to make the House of Lords a politician...
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Saturday, 11 July 2015

Academic qualifications are no substitute for political experience - the case of Dr Varoufakis

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This post is not really about Yanis Varoufakis . OK so it is a bit - mostly because, as tyro politicians go, he is the owner of the most ...
Thursday, 9 April 2015

Why pubs (and publicans) matter

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Many years ago I trained as an agent in the Old Bexley & Sidcup (member one Edward Heath) constituency. The full time agent, Tom ...
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Friday, 16 May 2014

Trust me, I'm a (local) politician!

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**** I haven't seen the details of the polling but there will be a load of grinning councillors reading this: The poll, carried out...
Thursday, 13 March 2014

On corresponding with politicians...

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**** The other week the people who make sure Bradford Council complies with data protection rules and regulations popped along to talk to ...
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Friday, 14 February 2014

On by-elections...

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**** His Grace asks us to : Consider the turnout - 28%. So taking his exhortation I shall do just this - try to understand why nearly...
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Thursday, 23 January 2014

The motives of politicians

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**** It is common for us to question the motivation of those who hold a different view. We are too seldom prepared to accept honest or hon...
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Saturday, 4 January 2014

Life in the castle: Politicians, bureaucracy and accountability

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“You’re very severe,” said the chairman, “but multiply your severity by a thousand and it will still be as nothing compared with the se...
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Thursday, 29 August 2013

On trusting politicians

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**** For the regular daily political fare we never trusted politicians - you know the drill: "It's a politician, his lips are ...
Friday, 22 February 2013

When did it all go wrong?

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**** These are the people in change - no wonder we're in a mess with little prospect of escape: The road to a job as a public inte...
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Friday, 14 September 2012

Oh the gorgeous, indefatigable irony of it!

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**** O ne has to smile : George Galloway, the founder of the Respect party, ironically appears to be Britain's least respected pol...