tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post5187009915457939785..comments2024-03-28T14:37:09.958+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: CharadesJim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-87879468954427186172013-06-24T17:53:02.901+01:002013-06-24T17:53:02.901+01:00Firstly the alleged miscreants all had backgrounds...Firstly the alleged miscreants all had backgrounds in private business. Secondly, given one of them going public questioning the whole thing you may have rushed to judgement. Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16448521101087639084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-39034187502717772892013-06-21T13:34:52.338+01:002013-06-21T13:34:52.338+01:00Yesterday, Job Centre Plus went crying to the gove...Yesterday, Job Centre Plus went crying to the government for more money. Why? Because they're failing to help employment prospects with regards to the most difficult groups , namely those on sickness benifits and disabled. But you made your bid, did the maths, entered into a PbR agreement, and signed the contract. Why would you want more money? .....The repy? We didn't think it would be so difficult !!<br />Grayling must have dementure if he has any confidence in success with his proposals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-55019991145020238232013-06-21T12:57:14.793+01:002013-06-21T12:57:14.793+01:00I agree it is a charade. The changes to the transl...I agree it is a charade. The changes to the translation services were a mess from the outset and it was predicted, but governments hell-bent on ideological reform will never stop and listen to wise counsels. The same will happen in probation and the rest of the CJS and so the multiple train crash is an apt analogy. I wish I had confidence and trust in a public ethos dedicated to the public good, but when I consider the behaviour of so-called public servants in the Care Quality Commission, my confidence and trust drains away. Even the cack-handed way the new incumbents have dealt with the publication of a critical report does not inspire confidence that this new generation of public servants will do any better. At least when G4S screwed up over the Olympics it cost the company millions in compensation and share price losses. In the public sector there seems to be no accountability: they lie, deceive, hide their errors and then walk away with handsome pay-offs and lucrative pensions. We see people take to the streets in Turkey and Brazil and it almost seems that the only way the current corrupt ways will change will be when the masses in this country take to the streets because my sense is that good governance is increasingly an elusive quality, as all we have are sycophants and egomaniacs running public services. I see charades everywhere. 'We are the hollow men/We are the stuffed men/Leaning together/Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com