tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post7719713683626515592..comments2024-01-30T07:41:20.885+00:00Comments on Broken Barnet: Tender Mercies: peeking through the keyhole of the One Barnet House of FunMrs Angryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-37977256667314061792012-01-08T16:59:01.559+00:002012-01-08T16:59:01.559+00:00And greetings to a certain signor buco nero in Ita...And greetings to a certain signor buco nero in Italia, who has been calling in over the holiday period. Hope you enjoyed the quiz, Andrew ...Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-59079343777994657852012-01-07T17:33:17.788+00:002012-01-07T17:33:17.788+00:00Lady readers might like to know that Prof Clitgaar...Lady readers might like to know that Prof Clitgaard is on twitter, and in 1978 may well have been no, stop there, Mrs Angry ... & there will be an update on the interesting declaration of interests in due course ...Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-83349255162432380762012-01-07T14:31:46.016+00:002012-01-07T14:31:46.016+00:00Pointless footnote: Mrs Angry's attention has ...Pointless footnote: Mrs Angry's attention has been drawn to the following equation: <br /><br />Monopoly + discretion - accountability = opportunity for corruption. <br /><br />This is from the reported world academic expert on corruption, the interestingly named Robert Klitgaard, (1 of the 10 sexiest Profs at Harvard in 1978, too: please focus, Mrs Angry. the point, yes, there is one, being that the giant outsourcing companies in the UK and in fact globally too in some cases, increasingly represent a virtual monopoly, and it is paramount that we become more demanding of the proper regulation and accountability of local government procurement.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-11830417503264058262012-01-06T20:14:22.001+00:002012-01-06T20:14:22.001+00:00Oops, I stand corrected. I meant to put senior at ...Oops, I stand corrected. I meant to put senior at the top Mrs A; you will find it at the bottom of the comment. I was spitting fire when I wrote and the smoke and flames may have blocked the view.Mr Mustardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12522242686839965655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-84162591640488330022012-01-06T19:37:35.581+00:002012-01-06T19:37:35.581+00:00Thank you, baarnett, it has taken me some effort a...Thank you, baarnett, it has taken me some effort and a lot of swearing to write. <br /><br />Mt Mustard, it is necessary to make a distinction between the senior management team and ordinary officers, the latter having being completely shafted by the former. I do not believe that there is a single member of the senior management team who really thinks that privatisation is going to deliver either the savings or the standard of service we have been promised. I think that they are utterly cynical and care only about their own careers.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-5614652878746176632012-01-06T18:32:36.006+00:002012-01-06T18:32:36.006+00:00An excellent piece of journalism, Mrs Angry.An excellent piece of journalism, Mrs Angry.baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-85763777997560408922012-01-06T17:25:03.422+00:002012-01-06T17:25:03.422+00:00Spot on as ever Mrs Angry.
Many of the councillor...Spot on as ever Mrs Angry.<br /><br />Many of the councillors in power are lazy and don't care. The ones that have no power can't do much although they really should get their opposition clearly on record and point out all the mistakes now.<br /><br />I think that officers (employees) really do believe that privatisation is the solution ( who told you? oh a consultant who stands to make money out of you, duh! ) and that afterwards there will be nothing to do and all services will be provided for less money and be better. It's a fallacy which will come back to bite them on the bottom and us in the wallet. The trouble for them will be that to change anything in the future they have to work through a third party who charge for any change to the contract.<br /><br />They are going to let the bidders propose the first draft of the contract and don't seem to have drawn any lines in the sand to protect us from being pillaged.<br /><br />There is too much senior management, no direction, sloth, laziness, lack of ability, stupidity, unjustified self satisfaction, secrecy, self interest, empire building, and just about every other negative management quality you care to name, alive and well at NLBP.<br /><br />Have a nice weekend all.Mr Mustardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12522242686839965655noreply@blogger.com