Richard Sharp
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Alcest - every time is a religious experience….
Manchester tonight was no exception.
Manchester tonight was no exception.
December 12, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Alcest - every time is a religious experience….
Manchester tonight was no exception.
Manchester tonight was no exception.
Reposted by Richard Sharp
Reflecting on Starmer’s comments on the CS yday and on the response it’s got in Whitehall since.
If there’s any piece of advice I’d give Starmer - and at this fragile juncture I want to shout it from the rooftops - it would be:
‘Blame the system, not the people’.
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If there’s any piece of advice I’d give Starmer - and at this fragile juncture I want to shout it from the rooftops - it would be:
‘Blame the system, not the people’.
🧵
December 6, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Reflecting on Starmer’s comments on the CS yday and on the response it’s got in Whitehall since.
If there’s any piece of advice I’d give Starmer - and at this fragile juncture I want to shout it from the rooftops - it would be:
‘Blame the system, not the people’.
🧵
If there’s any piece of advice I’d give Starmer - and at this fragile juncture I want to shout it from the rooftops - it would be:
‘Blame the system, not the people’.
🧵
Reposted by Richard Sharp
Given the criticism of Whitehall from all sides, it’s worth asking: has the civil service got worse, or have politicians’ expectations risen? How did we get from David Cameron’s “Rolls Royce” civil service to “drain the bath”?
Here are my speculative thoughts (thread)…
Here are my speculative thoughts (thread)…
One of the most striking themes in Keir Starmer’s speech today — his frustration with Whitehall
For weeks I’ve been asking Labour people what they make of their time in government and one sentiment comes up again and again:
“Dominic Cummings was right”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
For weeks I’ve been asking Labour people what they make of their time in government and one sentiment comes up again and again:
“Dominic Cummings was right”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why Labour ministers are starting to agree with Tory criticism of the civil service
The government’s aims are bold, but they want to galvanise the civil servants whoimplement the government’s agenda.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Given the criticism of Whitehall from all sides, it’s worth asking: has the civil service got worse, or have politicians’ expectations risen? How did we get from David Cameron’s “Rolls Royce” civil service to “drain the bath”?
Here are my speculative thoughts (thread)…
Here are my speculative thoughts (thread)…
Reposted by Richard Sharp
Correctly given it can be summarised as "we will do all the things we said we'd do over the last 15 years but didn't because it turned out they were unworkable or dumb".
Kemi Badenoch speech on immigration as Opposition Leader got 20 seconds at 10.22pm on the BBC 10 o'clock news
November 27, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Correctly given it can be summarised as "we will do all the things we said we'd do over the last 15 years but didn't because it turned out they were unworkable or dumb".