The end of the Labour party

[I1L2T3]

Spot on. Im not sure how he would give business a fair crack as he has practically zero experience of it.

 

It's the same for all ministers. Liz Truss isn't a lawyer. Jeremy Hunt isn't a medical professional. etc....Etc....

[Hairyloon]

It's the same for all ministers. Liz Truss isn't a lawyer. Jeremy Hunt isn't a medical professional. etc....Etc....

 

And look at how good any of those are at their jobs...

[Jeffrey Shaw]

And look at how good any of those are at their jobs...

But they are (in commercial parlance) non-executive posts. The executive posts, the ones that involve the 'doing' rather than the 'deciding what needs to be done', aren't Ministerial but Civil Service.

[tinfoilhat]

It's the same for all ministers. Liz Truss isn't a lawyer. Jeremy Hunt isn't a medical professional. etc....Etc....

 

I won't disagree with that. I wouldn't let Jeremy hunt run a toy shop.

[Hairyloon]

But they are (in commercial parlance) non-executive posts. The executive posts, the ones that involve the 'doing' rather than the 'deciding what needs to be done', aren't Ministerial but Civil Service.

 

I'm not clear what point you are trying to make: none of them have the nous to make the right decisions.

[crookedspire]

I think it's become much more difficult now to find the truth in amongst all the lies and spin. I do think that social media has had a massive hand in helping the spin doctors mainly because most of us will trust a friend more than a stranger, so if a friend of ours is posting articles or opinion pieces on FB then we will likely give it more credence than a guy handing out leaflets in the street. It's a known psychological effect and it's used to further manipulate with FB being a very easy target. Works both ways too, I bet if we compared our FB feeds (assuming you are on it of course!) it'd be hilarious, mine is full of left-wing liberal do-gooders so my echo chamber is distinctly pro-Corbyn and Labour and the Green party, whereas based on some comments on here, I suspect your is more right-wing and Tory than mine, yet both of are almost certainly being mislead, just in 180 degrees different directions.

 

Correct social media is the best tool ever invented to promote spin or fake news never been so easy.

 

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I won't disagree with that. I wouldn't let Jeremy hunt run a toy shop.

 

Yeah May can do no wrong can she? Wait till she in the ' hot ' chair at Brussels let's see then how good she really is.

Edited May 9, 2017 by crookedspire

[I1L2T3]

But they are (in commercial parlance) non-executive posts. The executive posts, the ones that involve the 'doing' rather than the 'deciding what needs to be done', aren't Ministerial but Civil Service.

 

They obey the orders given to them by ministers. I've been right on the inside of these processes and seen it. Effectively we have talented amateurs telling slightly more talented amateurs what to do.

 

If it was any other way in the U.K. then the 'kippers wouldn't be able to bang on about technocrats in the E.U.

[convert]

Saw this post, and it reminded me of this

 

She's just announced the 4 new bank holidays that Labour are proposing:-

 

 

30th February, 38th June and the 967th December.

[alchresearch]

You'd have thought that the plan for free parking at hospitals would have gone down well, but its been really criticised. Is that because its a nice little cash cow for hospitals?

[Hairyloon]

You'd have thought that the plan for free parking at hospitals would have gone down well, but its been really criticised. Is that because its a nice little cash cow for hospitals?

 

By whom has it been criticised?