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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Except I'm not blushing, nor in any danger of it. There have certainly been some blunders and inefficiences around PPE, the app, the care homes and exam results. However, the bungling was by public servants - and the politicians clearly misplaced their faith in taking them at their word when it came to what would work. NHS procurement officers failed to stock enough PPE (they were not alone in the world) it was Simon Stevens who directed the hospitals to clear out patients from care homes back to their normal establishments, where they passed the virus to other residents, and it was Ofqual who came up with the dodgy algorythm.
I think it probably was the government that slipped up with their optimism on having our own app, although they were persuaded by their officers that their app was better than all the others. And some people wonder why Boris wants to shake up the Civil Service and the quangoes!
But all this is just deflection on your part, Andrew. This thread is about Brexit, not Covid, and the constant mantra that we should extend the duration of these negotiations is negative, tiresome and in the end, pointless.
Have you not clocked yet that the British public want all this to be over? Extending negotiations will just defer the inevitable, whatever that is - deal or no deal.
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Funny how the Government gets the credit when things go right, but it's the Civil Servants' fault when it goes wrong...
The ones who were saying the App would work were the outsourced contractors and the Ministers - everyone else was saying "it won't work".
Was it the Civil Servants fault when Boris didn't deliver the “
clear plan we have prepared to give every older person the dignity and security they deserve” in July 2019, on the steps of Downing Street?
Was it the Civil Servants' fault when Boris told NI businesses that "
There will be no forms, no checks, no barriers of any kind. You will have unfettered access.”, when in fact they will be checks and forms to fill in?
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Sorry, Andrew, it's you who has missed the point. It's not the government fumbling, it is its officers. And I did make the point that extending the deadline for a deal will make no difference to the EU's attitude. They will continue to be difficult until the bitter end.
All you can see is this big monster EU presence and poor little Britain cowering in the corner. You may be in for a surprise.
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The Government is responsible for the actions of it's workers, Civil Servants and politicians - it goes with the job.
They get paid the big bucks, they have to own the problems, not blamestorm.