Comments on: The Media and the Myths – Revisited

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:36:55 +0000

Thank you, I couldn’t resist commenting

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:01:19 +0000

I thought you might like to read this post from Subrosa, the Dundee Wifey who blames the recent £6.3 billion loss of stores on Civil Servants (or 90% of the blame). more bureaucratic inefficiency

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:02:58 +0000

although a private service-provider knowing that its contract is due for periodic renewal in the face of competition from rival bidders might make more of an effort to deal efficiently with complaints

I would like to think that would be the case but in practice it doesn’t seem to work like that.

The problem with the IT systems is that they don’t consult with the user properly and develop something that isn’t appropriate for the job. So we get back your first comment which is having to deal with the government. That in my opinion is where the problem is not with the providers of the services.

By: H. insciens

H. insciens — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:12:03 +0000

True, it’s an issue of individuals having to deal with government, whether done through a private contractor or via a Civil Service, although a private service-provider knowing that its contract is due for periodic renewal in the face of competition from rival bidders might make more of an effort to deal efficiently with complaints, and more of an effort not to waste fortunes on ill advised IT initiatives (for example) if they knew the financial cost of any such fiasco would be borne by them (probably at the cost of the contract) rather than always having the taxpayer available to fund the repair of any disasters.

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:57:29 +0000

It would still be the same if the services were privatised. Public services seem to be taken over by a handful of multi-Corporate bodies who don’t provide good services and you still wouldn’t be able to take your business elsewhere…

By: H. insciens

H. insciens — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:38:42 +0000

There are, however, many “Civil Servants” out there who are far from civil and certainly don’t regard themselves as servants (yes I know I am misunderstanding the term, but still…) Jams and Cherie excepted, I’m sure – at least on their good days. I’ve dealt with good and bad (like most sectors) but the trouble with bad civil servants is you still have to deal with them, you’ve got no choice, unlike bad companies, where you can take your business somewhere else.

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:23:14 +0000

Dave, the truth and the LibDems are becoming very fragile…

By: jams o donnell

jams o donnell — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:56:06 +0000

Oh but Civil servants are the enemy of enterprise, Dave said so it must be true!!!!

Seriously it’s good to see this written. Thanks for sharing