tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post2486023578481748723..comments2024-03-29T06:40:58.606+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: General Secretary Election - Person SpecificationJim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-58109481927099042752018-05-16T08:12:51.042+01:002018-05-16T08:12:51.042+01:00Self-serving, professional bureaucrat and Grayling...Self-serving, professional bureaucrat and Grayling's man on the inside Ian Lawrence, or self-serving, want this for my CV to help me be an MP Prison Officer Mike Rolfe - How did South Park put it? A choice between a giant douche or a turd sandwichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-8934777064130856642018-05-15T23:45:36.527+01:002018-05-15T23:45:36.527+01:00Just someone who will serve the service and not ju...Just someone who will serve the service and not just advance their own career will do.<br />Just a straight forward honest broker. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-38368137096903640052018-05-15T22:51:37.103+01:002018-05-15T22:51:37.103+01:00IL has been a failure and there is nothing from ei...IL has been a failure and there is nothing from either IL or MR to say they will change this. If any quote “Make Probation Great Again” I’ll cringe ... a lot! IL should be held to account and elections should be postponed until there is a variety of suitable candidates. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-80325055045490378832018-05-15T22:45:18.484+01:002018-05-15T22:45:18.484+01:00Mike, stop the propaganda already. Prison officers...Mike, stop the propaganda already. Prison officers don’t understand probation and you lost the by-election to the Tories who won with a huge majority. With POA Chair being your main attribute I don’t see what “change” is being offered. Seem just as unsuitable as the current GS, although I’m sure you already have the vote of Crozier, Spurr and the Ministry of Justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-88696716675693025282018-05-15T21:56:44.010+01:002018-05-15T21:56:44.010+01:00You set 'em up, 21:50, & there's a que...You set 'em up, 21:50, & there's a queue a mile long to knock 'em down...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-80472096971099506102018-05-15T21:50:04.958+01:002018-05-15T21:50:04.958+01:00Mike who? Never heard of him. I will vote for Ian....Mike who? Never heard of him. I will vote for Ian. Stoic, hard working and such a perspicacious individual. Look what he has achieved as General Secretary… Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-47748316140709967342018-05-15T21:46:19.970+01:002018-05-15T21:46:19.970+01:00With all due respect to Ian, who I would like to t...With all due respect to Ian, who I would like to thank for his dedication as GS, I wholeheartedly plead with all members to vote for Mike. Mike has a media profile, connections with the POA and Justice Alliance, he is a former prison officer and like it or not gives him greater (albeit not the greatest) experience of probation issues and concerns. He stood as MP for the Labour Party (and increased their vote by 11% in a predominantly Tory and UKIP seat, knocking UKIP to third place). He is intelligent, hard working, connected and is the thing Napo needs most right here right now. Change is uncomfortable but for crying out loud the status quo cannot continue. If it does be it on your heads. A vote for Ian is a vote for the death of our beloved union. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-26688950209457042512018-05-15T21:39:36.684+01:002018-05-15T21:39:36.684+01:00Mr Rolfe gets my vote. Why? Because Mr Lawrence fa...Mr Rolfe gets my vote. Why? Because Mr Lawrence failed in TR, he failed in pay, he failed in fair case loads, he failed in increasing membership (or even holding what little we had). He failed to manage our finances. As approved premises privatisation looms, whilst the never ending winter of pay freezes bites for another year, as E3 hurdles on like a derailed train and as CRCs lose joint negotiating rights, as staff and members leave in droves as the job and union I was once proud to belong becomes a former shadow of itself barely recognisable. I beg any member who can be bothered to vote. Vote for change vote. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-1434487026638392952018-05-15T10:42:07.973+01:002018-05-15T10:42:07.973+01:00Most of that rules out both candidates as unsuitab...Most of that rules out both candidates as unsuitable!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com