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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Many Conservative ministers are frustrated by the deliberate stalling and pushback on policy issues by civil servants who are opposed to them. The government then has to take the brunt of these failures and it makes them look bad.
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Do you have any evidence of this?
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Do you really think future Conservative governments are going to put up with this behaviour when they take office in the future?
The whole existence of our system was predicated on the basis that of ' ficers would adopt a neutral position and faithfully advise and implement policies of whichever government was in power at the time. This balance is no longer in evidence, so unless the civil service can reform itself, politicians will have to make it happen.
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I don’t believe the issue exists at all, and there’s scant evidence offered. I can’t answer to how a potential future Conservative Government addresses an issue that doesn’t exist.
There’s no reason for any Government to put up with such an issue should it exist. Civil servants have served under Conservative led Governments longer than Labour ones without issue. Occam’s razor suggests the problem is the inadequacies of Ministers, and not Civil Servants, that are holding our country back.