Boris Johnson moves Dominic Cummings into Cabinet Office

[Good old]

That's the way Boris, get rid of people who are supposed to be impartial, should be, often are ,  and for the good of parliamentary democratic practice, really need to be.
And replace them with people with no intention of being any of that .
It seems to be another example of undermining the trusts that our democracy has always relied on. They should remember that what appears a scratch can be the prelude to a severe infection.

Your aving a laugh .



Cummings hopefully will get to grips  and overlooking the bastards from the same room is long overdue  .

If only it was funny.  Cummings will merely suppress any objection valid or otherwise . Don't forget if this sets any sort of a precedent  there will come the day when all governments will merely recruit people completely in their pockets.
Of course the CS isn't completely impartial,. How much socialist policy ever got blocked by CS activity is no ones business. But if those socialist governments had installed this kind of control . Tories would have been incandescent .

[Streetwalker]

That's the way Boris, get rid of people who are supposed to be impartial, should be, often are ,  and for the good of parliamentary democratic practice, really need to be.
And replace them with people with no intention of being any of that .
It seems to be another example of undermining the trusts that our democracy has always relied on. They should remember that what appears a scratch can be the prelude to a severe infection.

Your aving a laugh .

Impartial and the civil service parted company many years ago . On the democratic vote of the 2016 referendum to leave the European union the uncivil service undertook a campaign  that was dubbed 'project fear' in attempt to undermine the entire process of leaving .

Whitehall 'leaks' and warnings of Armageddon continue to this day and is why a complete overhaul of Whitehall is needed . The anti brexit activities must be brought to a halt , the traitors from within outed and the government be given every chance to succeed instead of the current stop them at all costs attitude .

They are not impartial nor following  parliamentary practice . They have become their own institution that seeks to protect itself with its own agenda  and derail any government policy that threatens them .

Cummings hopefully will get to grips  and overlooking the bastards from the same room is long overdue  .

[papasmurf]

I suspect that Boris is about to announce the end of the pandemic, the return to civilised life and the reinstatement of bonfires on all allotments. The latter will be particularly welcome because in a league of ball less bastards, my allotment committee should be awarded a gold star.

That idea went tits up last night at around 21.30 hours last night when the one to many email message about travel to France arrived at my wife phone from the government.

[Good old]

That's the way Boris, get rid of people who are supposed to be impartial, should be, often are ,  and for the good of parliamentary democratic practice, really need to be.
And replace them with people with no intention of being any of that .
It seems to be another example of undermining the trusts that our democracy has always relied on. They should remember that what appears a scratch can be the prelude to a severe infection.

[Borchester]

The figures on Worldometer have been reorganised to show that no one has died in the last 7 days and that Battersea Dog and Cat Home owes me £200.

I suspect that Boris is about to announce the end of the pandemic, the return to civilised life and the reinstatement of bonfires on all allotments. The latter will be particularly welcome because in a league of ball less bastards, my allotment committee should be awarded a gold star.

But BoJo will need a fall guy for when things go wrong (which they invariably do) and it looks as though he has given that job to Dourly Dim Dom.

The last few months have show that the UK can tick over happily without much in the way of a government, but it will be nice to have a few kerfuffles to discuss.

[papasmurf]

Only "worrying" if you believe the man the sovereign has asked to govern the country in her name through the members elected to parliament should be resisted and thwarted at every turn by unelected mandarins who openly conspire to thwart the will of the people.

for good or ill,whitehall has brought this upon itself and they'd better be better at whirlwind reaping than they have been at rabble rousing...

The civil service is independent of government, this move by Boris drives a cart and horses through that and is heading to the American model of government.
Be afraid, very afraid.

[johnofgwent]

A worrying development :-

More at link:-

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/cummings-moves-departments-in-latest-civil-service-shake-up-1-6790465

10:22 13 August 2020
Boris Johnson moves Dominic Cummings into Cabinet Office in latest Whitehall power grab

Dominic Cummings and Munira Mirza - two key advisors to prime minister Boris Johnson - will be moving into the Cabinet Office in the latest sign of a major shake up of the civil service.
Johnson is moving his most senior advisors to 70 Whitehall and removing the door that separates the two buildings in a symbolic gesture that unites the two office complexes.
Mirza, who is the chair of Downing Street's policy unit, and Cummings will shift offices in September in a move to strengthen No 10's grip on the department which is responsible for implementing the prime minister's policy agenda throughout Whitehall.

Only "worrying" if you believe the man the sovereign has asked to govern the country in her name through the members elected to parliament should be resisted and thwarted at every turn by unelected mandarins who openly conspire to thwart the will of the people.

for good or ill,whitehall has brought this upon itself and they'd better be better at whirlwind reaping than they have been at rabble rousing...

[papasmurf]

A worrying development :-

More at link:-

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/cummings-moves-departments-in-latest-civil-service-shake-up-1-6790465

10:22 13 August 2020
Boris Johnson moves Dominic Cummings into Cabinet Office in latest Whitehall power grab

Dominic Cummings and Munira Mirza - two key advisors to prime minister Boris Johnson - will be moving into the Cabinet Office in the latest sign of a major shake up of the civil service.
Johnson is moving his most senior advisors to 70 Whitehall and removing the door that separates the two buildings in a symbolic gesture that unites the two office complexes.
Mirza, who is the chair of Downing Street's policy unit, and Cummings will shift offices in September in a move to strengthen No 10's grip on the department which is responsible for implementing the prime minister's policy agenda throughout Whitehall.