Comments for Politics, Policy and Administration http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com The Liverpool MPA Blog Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:56:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Mid-Staffs and the management of health services by Bill Bartmann http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/mid-staffs-and-the-management-of-health-services/#comment-300 Bill Bartmann Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:56:45 +0000 http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/?p=94#comment-300 Cool site, love the info. Cool site, love the info.

]]> Comment on Baby P and child protection by mark http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/baby-p-and-child-protection/#comment-293 mark Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:16:59 +0000 http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-293 I want to say - thank you for this! I want to say – thank you for this!

]]> Comment on The civil service – fit for purpose? by Topics about Politics » The civil service - fit for purpose? « Politics, Policy and … http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/the-civil-service-fit-for-purpose/#comment-291 Topics about Politics » The civil service - fit for purpose? « Politics, Policy and … Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:54:45 +0000 http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/?p=90#comment-291 [...] mikerowe put an intriguing blog post on The civil service - fit for purpose? « Politics, Policy and …Here’s a quick excerptThe civil service - fit for purpose? Published March 9, 2009 Uncategorized. The think tank, Reform, published a provocative report last week reviewing the civil service. Drawing upon the recent Capability Reviews in Whitehall (see … [...] [...] mikerowe put an intriguing blog post on The civil service – fit for purpose? « Politics, Policy and …Here’s a quick excerptThe civil service – fit for purpose? Published March 9, 2009 Uncategorized. The think tank, Reform, published a provocative report last week reviewing the civil service. Drawing upon the recent Capability Reviews in Whitehall (see … [...]

]]> Comment on Baby P and child protection by Townsville Nerd http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/baby-p-and-child-protection/#comment-290 Townsville Nerd Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:58:34 +0000 http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-290 Hey I love your site. Keep up the good work. Rosie Hey
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]]> Comment on Regulating the City by Mike http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/regulating-the-city/#comment-288 Mike Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:35:20 +0000 http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/?p=88#comment-288 Just passing by.Btw, you website have great content! ______________________________ Don't pay for your electricity any longer... <a href="http://mikewilson.k2free.com" rel="nofollow">Instead, the power company will pay YOU!</a> Just passing by.Btw, you website have great content!

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]]> Comment on Social Security Reform and the Social Fund by Social Fund « Politics, Policy and Administration http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/welfare-reform-and-iraq/#comment-287 Social Fund « Politics, Policy and Administration Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:43:37 +0000 http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/welfare-reform-and-iraq/#comment-287 [...] and the stories were soon downplayed and denied.  But it did take me back to that very posting: http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/welfare-reform-and-iraq/.  It seems eerily [...] [...] and the stories were soon downplayed and denied.  But it did take me back to that very posting: http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/welfare-reform-and-iraq/.  It seems eerily [...]

]]> Comment on Justice Denied by mikerowe http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/justice-denied/#comment-284 mikerowe Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:34:28 +0000 http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-284 The issue does raise a whole host of other questions. And doubtless there are questions of precedence in the minds of some lawyers. But what I find so telling about the Chagos Island story is that it is recent history. This was the modern British state deliberately depriving the islanders of their islands. There is one classic quote from the Tim Slessor book, Ministries of Deception, from a civil servant who describes the islands' inhabitants in the following terms: "Unfortunately, along with the birds go a few Tarzans and Man Fridays who are hopefully being wished on Mauritius". That one sentence says so much about the civil service. They believe themselves superior, can play with people's lives and, presumably, thought that nobody would ever read their advice, that it would all stay within the corrisors of power. Don't think that these same beliefs and prejudices are not still alive in Whitehall. The issue does raise a whole host of other questions. And doubtless there are questions of precedence in the minds of some lawyers. But what I find so telling about the Chagos Island story is that it is recent history. This was the modern British state deliberately depriving the islanders of their islands. There is one classic quote from the Tim Slessor book, Ministries of Deception, from a civil servant who describes the islands’ inhabitants in the following terms: “Unfortunately, along with the birds go a few Tarzans and Man Fridays who are hopefully being wished on Mauritius”. That one sentence says so much about the civil service. They believe themselves superior, can play with people’s lives and, presumably, thought that nobody would ever read their advice, that it would all stay within the corrisors of power.

Don’t think that these same beliefs and prejudices are not still alive in Whitehall.

]]> Comment on Justice Denied by Tim Cope http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/justice-denied/#comment-283 Tim Cope Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:59:00 +0000 http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-283 There is very little doubt that this is a completely unjust and unsettling use of the strange and complex constitution we have here in the UK. It poses some difficult questions about the responsibility that countries like the UK has for decisions made in the past. Should the UK be held accountable for the legacy of the British Empire, for example, which has (arguably) left the developing world in the grips of poverty? Where does this small nations' responsibilities end? Consider the rights of the Chagos Islanders who merely want to return to their rightful homelands. Seeing as it was our intervention which displaced them, how can we refuse to return them...? surely whatever compensation we offered to them before cannot equate to the loss of their anciestial roots? But hang on, what about all of the other peoples displaced by the actions of the UK in the past; the slave trade for example. The consequences could be endless. It will be very interesting to see how the European Court of Human Rights will tackle this, as I am sure that many European nations will be weary of the numerous possible consequences. There is very little doubt that this is a completely unjust and unsettling use of the strange and complex constitution we have here in the UK. It poses some difficult questions about the responsibility that countries like the UK has for decisions made in the past.

Should the UK be held accountable for the legacy of the British Empire, for example, which has (arguably) left the developing world in the grips of poverty? Where does this small nations’ responsibilities end?

Consider the rights of the Chagos Islanders who merely want to return to their rightful homelands. Seeing as it was our intervention which displaced them, how can we refuse to return them…? surely whatever compensation we offered to them before cannot equate to the loss of their anciestial roots?

But hang on, what about all of the other peoples displaced by the actions of the UK in the past; the slave trade for example. The consequences could be endless.

It will be very interesting to see how the European Court of Human Rights will tackle this, as I am sure that many European nations will be weary of the numerous possible consequences.

]]> Comment on Slow Justice by Justice Denied « Politics, Policy and Administration http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/slow-justice/#comment-282 Justice Denied « Politics, Policy and Administration Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:25:46 +0000 http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/slow-justice/#comment-282 [...] case of the Chagos islanders opursuing their right to return to their homes in the Indian Ocean (http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/slow-justice/).  I was wrong to call it slow justice.  It now looks like no justice from the UK.  I do not yet [...] [...] case of the Chagos islanders opursuing their right to return to their homes in the Indian Ocean (http://liverpoolmpa.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/slow-justice/).  I was wrong to call it slow justice.  It now looks like no justice from the UK.  I do not yet [...]

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