tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post3773163688660617839..comments2024-03-29T06:40:58.606+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: News Roundup 6Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-75940126250760144092016-10-22T11:04:17.278+01:002016-10-22T11:04:17.278+01:00The definition of any consultant is someone who as...The definition of any consultant is someone who asks to borrow your watch and then tells you the time....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-71545885703708787932016-10-21T14:20:15.931+01:002016-10-21T14:20:15.931+01:00I get a sense that the brazen lies & bullshit ...I get a sense that the brazen lies & bullshit that UK plc has been spouting for years are unravelling fast. Apparently PM May was met by a wall of silence from EU delegates after her truncated Euro speech last night, and it seems that 'Brexit' won't be the joyous release we were led to believe. Watch & wait for the toxic tantrums to be unleashed by the whiney but dangerous bullies.<br /><br />It might be there are very close parallels between uber-bully Philip Green, his £multi-billion empire & those who have collaborated with & profited from UK plc, e.g. destroying the jobs & plundering pension funds of the many to finance the lavish lifestyles of the few.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-80497638043430554392016-10-21T12:53:04.856+01:002016-10-21T12:53:04.856+01:00'Shouldn’t there be government examination of ...'Shouldn’t there be government examination of the role of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), accountants to the great and good, whose duty is to protect the shareholders and employees of these corporations from the wilder shores of predatory capitalism? PwC received £2m in audit fees over the critical six years of BHS’s decline, plus £9m for “consultancy”. <br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/21/kicking-bhs-philip-green-absurb-heres-who-mps-should-castigate<br /><br />An insight into how Philip Green behaves when under fire<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/mar/04/supermarkets<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-19659489054711739142016-10-21T09:17:13.429+01:002016-10-21T09:17:13.429+01:00I wonder which management consultant companies mad...I wonder which management consultant companies made money out of cuts in prisons. It seems MCs get paid for suggesting cuts without a demand for a proviso that these cuts don't destroy services entirely. Anyone can make cuts. Even the civil servants would be able to do that without too much trouble we would have thought. And as we have also seen cuts save money in the short term but cost more money in the long term. It's a bit like drastic dieting. For a brief season you become lean, but as soon as you crash you put on more than you weighed before. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-70679215136531644842016-10-21T08:50:09.818+01:002016-10-21T08:50:09.818+01:00... and look how many former chief probation offic... ... and look how many former chief probation officers became "management consultants" during and after TR!Probation Officernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-68853812247785866002016-10-21T08:03:09.391+01:002016-10-21T08:03:09.391+01:00Wonder how many MPs and senior civil servants have...Wonder how many MPs and senior civil servants have relocated to PWC, McKinsey etc etc when their period of public service came to an end? Also wonder how many are shareholders in those companies? Mr Peretti (author of Guardian article & presenter of BbC2 prog this week) might be well placed to let us know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-76791204576954211152016-10-21T07:21:05.529+01:002016-10-21T07:21:05.529+01:00They are 'Hatchet men' plus a few hatchet ...They are 'Hatchet men' plus a few hatchet women..but mainly men by the look of things! We can see them for what they are because we work with offenders but the Noms/ moj lot are civil servants who are paid to have no opinion and just tow the government line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com