Civil Service
Total 9 Posts
The Week in Tory #11.
6 min read
Your regular reminder that this government is led by incompetent politicians...
The arrogant and offensive truth twisters.
6 min read
Our anger is because Dominic Cummings was wrong to do what he did. That’s what makes it a righteous anger.
Negotiating events.
11 min read
Professor Chris Grey’s latest Brexit analysis on the background to last week’s UK-EU talks, the government’s drive to expunge ‘all things EU’, update on the civil service row, and how the pressure of events may be shifting how the talks will develop.
Brexit is going feral.
13 min read
Professor Chris Grey’s latest Brexit analysis on how and why we are seeing an intensifying attack on the Civil Service (and judiciary, BBC and some media, business). It is dangerous – but the Government should be wary of hubris.
On the Rutnam-Patel row, the background, and the implications of Rutnam’s resignation.
3 min read
A grown-up analysis by Jill Rutter. An interesting thread about the history of the Home Office ending careers, the wider ramifications of Philip Rutnam’s recent resignation, and the longer term effect on the future of the UK Civil Service.
I’ve studied the ‘weirdos’ Dominic Cummings is talking about – I’m not sure he really understands who they are.
4 min read
Boris Johnson’s adviser is asking job applicants to give him their all. And in return? He’ll fire them on the spot if they don’t fit in.
Dominic Cummings wants to add more political appointees to the civil service – Here’s why that’s a problem.
5 min read
In the US, some federal departments become known as ‘turkey farms’ – stuffed with loyal but ultimately useless political appointees. Do we want them in Britain?