tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post2294726877995591310..comments2024-03-28T23:10:52.046+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: The Tide is TurningJim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-1833692180504592882013-07-11T17:19:07.583+01:002013-07-11T17:19:07.583+01:00Well the news in from today about the fact g4s are...Well the news in from today about the fact g4s are now under the snout of the serious fraud office for years of overbilling their tagging contracts and serco are getting a second audit for the same perhaps suggests the days of tea and biscuits should be limited. There isnt another company who could even begin to take this on. Id be a lot more bullish about the current strength of your position :-)Chris Morrisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-60616737263489489932013-07-02T18:27:58.097+01:002013-07-02T18:27:58.097+01:00LolLolJim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-81008030780341257832013-07-02T15:06:08.741+01:002013-07-02T15:06:08.741+01:00"In politics there's only so many misjudg..."In politics there's only so many misjudgements, u-turns, cock-ups and bad luck allowed before your job begins to look a little less secure than it once did "<br />Oh, I don't know. Look at Theresa May.Ian Hurdleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17322290011259357106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-80785253850217609082013-07-02T11:58:54.071+01:002013-07-02T11:58:54.071+01:00I see the e-petition - http://epetitions.direct.go...I see the e-petition - http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/search?page=2&q=legal+aid -<br />pulled in over a hundred thousand signatures. Probation by contrast is unlikely to get anywhere near this figure. There is no leadership within probation and no leadership coming from the unions. Meanwhile, it's tea and biscuits and networks to be forged amid talks about transitions. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-28504493549356760332013-07-02T11:02:44.954+01:002013-07-02T11:02:44.954+01:00Those who use the legal aid system have more knowl...Those who use the legal aid system have more knowledge of legal process then Grayling has.<br /><br />Remember he's not even a lawyer himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-13532268855618270642013-07-02T10:46:14.682+01:002013-07-02T10:46:14.682+01:00Totally with you on that one - anon from Liverpool...Totally with you on that one - anon from Liverpool.....this Government are a bunch of heartless gits...I especially enjoyed all the debates yesterday about MP's getting their pay rise...all that guff about paying for 'experience' seems to me this Governments only experience, is that bestowed upon them by accident of birth - of privileged hedonism; clearly evidenced by Failing Graylings suggestion that those who use the Legal Aid system are not connoisseurs of legal skills - how wrong can someone be???? Most users of Legal Aid can see a uninterested, lazy, poor reputation coming a mile off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-55829563783976674452013-07-02T09:58:10.710+01:002013-07-02T09:58:10.710+01:00I despised the Thacher government and being a scou...I despised the Thacher government and being a scouser I feel I had good reason. Managed decline was to be the way forward for Liverpool. But I think this government is actually even worse.<br />They remind me of a bunch of school bullies that get upset and nasty when they cant have their own way. It's more like a dictatorship then a democracy.<br />Having said that it's very satisfying to see Grayling turn a little more gray over his leagal aid reforms. It's also worth pointing out that a high degree of solidarity within the legal profession has brought this uturn about. Probation staff should note that well!<br />A summer reshuffle? What odds would you get on Grayling being health minister? surely the NHS would welcome some of his well thought ideas and appriciate his outstanding success rates in other offices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com