…well,
the answers in the title, isn’t it?
The former chief inspector of prisons Dame Anne Owers has been appointed to lead the independent police watchdog.
Oh, great! I mean, it’s not as if she was
a complete disaster in her last role, is it?
While chief inspector of prisons, Owers gained a formidable reputation and produced a series of hard-hitting, critical reports.
Or soft, left-wing ‘let’s all be nice to the criminal classes’ reports. YMMV...
The appointment of the new chair comes after months in which the IPCC has seemed at times rudderless, with some insiders complaining of a lack of leadership.
If you were complaining before, you’ll have a lot to complain about now!
Owers's appointment amounts to a straight – albeit very protracted – job swap with the former IPCC chair Hardwick, who took over as chief inspector of prisons in 2010 following his departure from the police watchdog.
It’s just musical chairs for these people, isn’t it?
Can we go back to the days when corruption was considered something to be ashamed of and our politicians did at least do it covertly. Nowadays it appears that corruption is thought to be a virtue and/or our politicians think us so contemptible that they can do it openly and with staggering arrogance.
ReplyDeleteOf course it's musical chairs in politics. There are only so many people to take the money and lots of state-funded places to fill.
ReplyDeleteAnd perish the thought that an ordinary person might do the job just as well. The last thing the great and good want are ignorant plebs taking their jobs.
Musical chairs indeed. The government really does hate the police though doesn't it? I mean, this old lefty nutter should really have been a shoe-in for Children's Commisar - but that can wait until she's had a decade of over paid fuckwittery in this post. Still, I'm still struggling with my entry for the Denise 'fiddling while Rome burns' Milani limerick compo.
ReplyDeleteFFS!
The IPCC chair must "challenge all parties to get to the truth and ensure that the organisation provides a fair, transparent and trusted service to the public and police".
ReplyDeleteExcuse my doubts that this is not the same IPPCC where large pairs of shoes are waiting to be filled.
Why does a supervisory quango like the IPCC need both a chair and a CEO?
ReplyDeleteThe CEO needs to be answerable to someone and that could be the Home Secretary or possibly the Minister of Justice, both of whom we've already financed.
I can't see why we are paying for a chairwoman at all. Good grief, we are apparently paing for a deputy chair as well.
Now, if you are looking for an example of a possible gender bias:
Chair: Dame Anne Owers
Deputy Chair: Debora Glass
Chief Executive: Jane Furniss
Applications are sought for the post of IPCC chair.
ReplyDeleteThe succesful applicant will need to demonstrate the ability to prevent the mismanagement of an investigation turning into a week of rioting, five deaths and millions of pounds worth of damage.
"Can we go back to the days when corruption was considered something to be ashamed of..."
ReplyDeleteProbably not, because we don't seem to do shame any more. Oh, it's mentioned, yes. But it's just a word.
"And perish the thought that an ordinary person might do the job just as well."
An ordinary person probably wouldn't want to do it!
"The government really does hate the police though doesn't it?"
I'm not sure it 'hates the police' so much as 'loves it's establishment figures' and so doesn't care what they get up to.
"Why does a supervisory quango like the IPCC need both a chair and a CEO? "
What else can young Tabitha aim for once she collects her degree in the social policies of injustice?
"The succesful applicant will need to demonstrate the ability to prevent the mismanagement of an investigation turning into a week of rioting, five deaths and millions of pounds worth of damage."
*tuts* Keep up, Blueknight! That was the fault of the police, for not wanting to talk to the press, even though they were trying to not step on the toes of the IPCC investigation.
You see, 'details can be provided so long as they do not jeopardise ongoing investigations.'
Yes, I know that's what the Met thought they were doing, but see, they were wrong. Don't ask why. They just were...