tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post6407596749843277815..comments2024-03-28T18:31:34.933+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Three birds with one stoneA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-72132964174465881862015-01-09T10:24:13.052+00:002015-01-09T10:24:13.052+00:00Witterings - it is what democracy should do but I ...Witterings - it is what democracy should do but I don't see much interest in making it happen. People are just too swamped by daily life and on the whole too comfortable.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-5473416565117057012015-01-08T20:30:37.638+00:002015-01-08T20:30:37.638+00:00"The general idea is to pass the job of gover..."The general idea is to pass the job of government to professionals – the permanent officials whose job it is to make sure government actually works. Thus taking it away from the sticky fingers of party hacks, loons, thieves, trouser-droppers, insane harridans and all those who only see the job as a route to better things."<br /><br />That is the aim of The Harrogate Agenda - to make politicians but expert bureaucrats whose sole function would be there to do the will of the people for the best advantage of the people. Is not that which democracy should do?WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-4189710293354080232015-01-07T14:47:26.532+00:002015-01-07T14:47:26.532+00:00Demetrius - one problem with enthusiastic fools is...Demetrius - one problem with enthusiastic fools is that they are often pleasant people.<br /><br />James - it is and I'm not convinced we'll resolve it. A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-89309354596680959302015-01-07T10:44:51.730+00:002015-01-07T10:44:51.730+00:00So we prefer bloody useless bureaucrats to bloody ...So we prefer bloody useless bureaucrats to bloody useless politicians do we Baldrick?<br /><br />Rock and a hard place, AKH.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-63615296329150466242015-01-06T12:21:53.361+00:002015-01-06T12:21:53.361+00:00I think it was von Moltke who said that the worst ...I think it was von Moltke who said that the worst kind of staff officer was an enthusiastic fool. It seems that our present media and management systems tend to deliver precisely this kind of person into positions of power and government. Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-72843169764710593152015-01-06T11:56:46.159+00:002015-01-06T11:56:46.159+00:00Michael - it's an attractive idea but managing...Michael - it's an attractive idea but managing contracts is an issue with the public sector.<br /><br />Roger - from Goebbels' Propaganda Principles:-<br /><br />"Credibility alone must determine whether propaganda output should be true or false."A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-85889255887722679802015-01-06T07:31:05.107+00:002015-01-06T07:31:05.107+00:00Politics has always been about grabbing power and ...Politics has always been about grabbing power and very little to do with the people, only at election time are the people of the slightest interest. Check out Joseph Goebbels - Propaganda Principles - you can be sure each party has a copy and will aim it at us.<br /><br /> May I suggest the tactic of making more constituencies marginal ones. A temporary improvement until they all snuggle up to each other and status-quo resumes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-34209786879442297362015-01-06T06:15:08.701+00:002015-01-06T06:15:08.701+00:00A chum once floored everyone present, when he said...A chum once floored everyone present, when he said that 'We should just put all Government out to tender'!<br /><br />I still cannot find a reason to disagree - yet...Scrobs.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12942449871600526680noreply@blogger.com