> William Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sue Burchett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> So DEFRA could not run a p**s up in a brewery and the people who get
>>>> punished are some innocent employees and their families working
>>>> probably very hard for BW. We live in a crazy world!!!
>>>> William
>>>> nb Indignant
>>>
>>> The person in charge then is now in charge of Foreign Affairs.
>>>
>>> Sue nb Nackered Navvy
>>
>> That would explain a lot of things!!!
>> No doubt he will eventually be knighted and retire on a fat indexed
>> linked pension for all his good work in the civil service.
>> Why are these people not more accountable. If this happened in the
>> private sector there would be resignation at a high level.
>
> I think you'll find Sue was talking not of a Civil Sepent but of the
> Secretary of State - a former Labour Party leader (if only in an acting
> capacity for a few months).
>
> Mike Stevens
> narrowboat Felis Catus III
> web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk
I believe that regardless of which party is in power the administration is
run by the civil servants. This appears to be an administrative failure on a
grand scale. However I agree that Sue was talking about the Secretary of
State and my reply should have been worded slightly differently.
William
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