Saturday, Sep 05, 2009
Fifth columnists
Spectator: Dave can’t govern unless he destroys the quangos
New Labour created 18,500 posts for political allies in the forms of quangos. All handsomely renumerated. Where possible existing positions were used in a "soviet style purge", particularly for NHS boards, where experienced incumbents were replaced with New Labour political appointments to such an extent that John Maples, NL Health spokesman called for an enquiry as to why so much experience was being turfed out. Certainly puts the tripling of NHS funding against a 5% fall in productivity into perspective. The summary is that these quangos, apart from the expense, form a hostile power group which will reject outright any proposed reforms to the system they benefit from.
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1. Saving For A Space Ship said...
Quangopoly ?
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3. hpwatcher said...
I wonder how the totalitarianist Gordon Brown will try to cling to power.....expect lots of dirty tricks, smears and intrigues - that's all he knows.
4. the number cruncher said...
Or will Dave just reinvent them with his own political appointees....
Or if I am even more cynical the reappointment of many existing quango members as they are good a shining the t**ds to a mirror finish for whoever is in power.
5. last_days_of_disco said...
Expect a big fight, labour has wrapped its blood sucking tentacles firmly around everything the UK, resistance is futile, you will be assimilated. A whole country of jobsworths who sadly outnumber the productive people.
6. chrisch said...
I used to work for a quango. It was not well paid and there were zero political appointees. So more lies from the tory press. Nothing here to see - move on.
7. paul said...
I think that'll be it, @number cruncher.
Don't expect Cameron to keep his cohorts idle. They're all too used to the good life
8. growler said...
Quangos are not that distantly related to shop stewards of old - they run the place. Not that all of them are bad per se, but the scope to interfere is massive. And whilst it might be uncomfortable or easy-pickings for some to see public school educated people grapple with it, its even worse to see that New Labout has employed so many "executives" in health care that don't know one end of a wart from the other. Noone in health care of education will disagree. Admin and paperwork and form filling is all the rage - and the outcome? It still makes headlines how poor our health and education is.
9. hpwatcher said...
The smears are already starting....
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211457/Plot-smear-daughter-new-army-chief-Defence-Secretary-s-aide-horrified-talk-exposing-job-Cameron.html
10. phdinbubbles said...
Politicians have been smearing each other in sh!t for centuries.
Personally, I'd make Vince Cable Lord Protector of the Commonwealth on a five year contract and get rid of the other 650 so he can get on with sorting the mess out and then reintroduce democracy in five years. What we will get though is another bunch of numpties by another name.
11. Redarrow said...
at #5. what are the rest of those guys in the photo doing now?
12. Enough Already said...
In today's Sunday Times the front page ran an article that told of Virgin Atlantic toadying up to MP's by offering them free flight upgrades etc if they "promoted" the virtues of flying VA and, of course championed the Billionaire's cause against its rival airline(s!). Is there anything this class of Billionaires/Politicians won't interfere with in order to get the better of the little person in the street. (And any airline(s!) who would DARE rival them, of course.)
These MPs will support anyone who supports them! KERRCHING!
13. letthemfall said...
No surprises from the Spectator here, especially bearing in mind one of the above ultra-privileged (photo) used to edit it. Quangos include the Environment Agency, Health Protection Agency and assorted other science establishments (that pay their staff peanuts) without which we'd be a lot worse off. It's the same mentality that wishes to privatise the health service and reduce taxes for the highly paid and give bankers free reign.