tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post2075500316606888487..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Let The Wailing And Gnashing Of Teeth Begin!JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-61432962054593260142010-05-20T07:48:05.768+01:002010-05-20T07:48:05.768+01:00The Public Interest Disclosure Act only applies if...The <a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/ukpga_19980023_en_1" rel="nofollow">Public Interest Disclosure Act</a> only applies if your disclosure is "qualifing". OSA still applies and the amended Employment Act 2006 s43B(3) specifically excludes disclosures where you commit an offence by making it.<br /><br />In the case of civil service advice - the Ministers have the statutory power. Unless they want to commit an offence by making it public (and even in the absence of OSA, the spending would need to fall in to the 6 qualifying cases - and I don't think these would), all they can do is complain up the internal chain and the top of the chain made the Ministers take personal responsibility. Just think of it this way - what if the Ministers were doing something we approved of? Would we want the civil servants stopping them?<br /><br />You might not like the government we had, or the one we have but that's the price of a representative democracy.Surreptitious Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393411103584747731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-64877880841468561932010-05-20T05:49:51.357+01:002010-05-20T05:49:51.357+01:00Does the OSA still apply with the new whistleblowe...Does the OSA still apply with the new whistleblower legislation? Or would it depend on whether the acts could be said to be illegal or not?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-60670447936809282010-05-19T20:09:04.728+01:002010-05-19T20:09:04.728+01:00@anon
Was it covered by the Official secrets Act?@anon<br />Was it covered by the Official secrets Act?Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-56640978550654963392010-05-19T18:50:22.420+01:002010-05-19T18:50:22.420+01:00@anon: Yes, amazing we never got to hear it from a...@anon: Yes, amazing we never got to hear it from any whistleblowers, isn't it?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-76075211083292187962010-05-19T17:08:14.870+01:002010-05-19T17:08:14.870+01:00There has been quite an uptick in the flushing awa...There has been quite an uptick in the flushing away of vast sums of taxpayers money, in the past 18 months. To the extent that the Civil Service raised un unprecedented series of formal objections.<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/18/civil-servants-labour-spendingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-15833959835585592882010-05-19T17:07:23.641+01:002010-05-19T17:07:23.641+01:00@English Viking: Well, though I'm not in favou...@English Viking: Well, though I'm not in favour of that, at least it isn't employing the useless parasites that infest these sort of projects...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-19616563080813679162010-05-19T16:08:48.373+01:002010-05-19T16:08:48.373+01:00@Indyanhat: Oh, yes, I do indeed!
@Foxy Brown: Pa...@Indyanhat: Oh, yes, I do indeed!<br /><br />@Foxy Brown: Part of the fun will be watching people try to justify these sorts of things as vital! :)<br /><br />@DerekP: Oh, certainly. I very much doubt any of these were their ONLY fingers in the pie...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-28060546287012251202010-05-19T16:04:59.422+01:002010-05-19T16:04:59.422+01:00@dickiebo: That's going to be the acid teat, i...@dickiebo: That's going to be the acid teat, isn't it? Is this a start, or just a token gesture?<br /><br />@NickM: Spot on!<br /><br />@Clarissa: I think that goes without saying... ;)JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-38741288740512475112010-05-19T16:03:43.641+01:002010-05-19T16:03:43.641+01:00If one reads the article closely, one will find th...If one reads the article closely, one will find that not a penny will be saved, it is to 're-directed' to foreign countries.<br /><br />Even if it was a saving, £500,000 represents about an hour and a half's worth of interest on the national debt.English Vikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03144810217381651105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-74875714165622915422010-05-19T16:02:31.549+01:002010-05-19T16:02:31.549+01:00@MacHeath: Doubt it!
@John R: And more than the m...@MacHeath: Doubt it!<br /><br />@John R: And more than the money, it's the message it sends!<br /><br />@subrosa: Me too...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-77098643770209122522010-05-19T12:51:43.976+01:002010-05-19T12:51:43.976+01:00"How does spending money on dancers in Hackne..."<i>How does spending money on dancers in Hackney qualify as international aid?</i>"<br /><br />Maybe if the cash goes to someone with a foreign passport?<br /><br />As well as listing the amounts and projects(?)it would be interesting to know the names of the organisations/people that applied for these projects, and to know of any other taxpayer-funded projects in which they are are involved.DerekPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-55113604662229719372010-05-19T11:24:53.041+01:002010-05-19T11:24:53.041+01:00That Boris Johnson phobe Dave Hill, London Corresp...That Boris Johnson phobe Dave Hill, London Correspondent of the Guardian's Comment is Free site, is probably typing a piece on how very dreadfully horrid the Tories are.Foxy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492883615536847926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-56644926934849200572010-05-19T10:26:17.681+01:002010-05-19T10:26:17.681+01:00I have to admit I have had more sense out of talki...I have to admit I have had more sense out of talking international poverty issues with 3 yr olds than I have heard from most rabid lefty labour 'grown ups'.<br />Maybe that one shouldn't be cut, just a thought!!!<br /><br />Typical conversation with an awareness raised 3 yr old;<br /><br />Well what do you think we should be doing to stimulate the economies of third world countries to eliminate poverty and introduce a basic standard of living to all?<br /><br />(giggle) me like riceicles...tha's my mummy...igota,igota wed twactor!!<br /><br />Same question to Liebore suporter;<br /><br />(giggle) S'all magee's fault...s'magees fault....S'MAGGEE'S FAULT!!!! wahh wahhh waaaa!!!tis s'MAGEE'S fault...<br /><br />I know which conversationalist I would rather indulge in the gentle art of debate with!!!...don't you?Indyanhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974285525646225459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-87311974242068241332010-05-19T10:24:15.890+01:002010-05-19T10:24:15.890+01:00If Hackney counts as 'international' then ...If Hackney counts as 'international' then the Islington set really are living in a different country to the rest of us.Clarissahttp://www.clarissadarling.me.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-84774076249499708452010-05-19T10:19:10.407+01:002010-05-19T10:19:10.407+01:00How does spending money on dancers in Hackney qual...How does spending money on dancers in Hackney qualify as international aid? I mean I know it doesn't have a tube station but really!<br /><br />This is Catherine Tate's office chugger - "Think of the poor bairns in North East London without salsa classes!"NickMhttp://www.countingcats.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-88941109938710596152010-05-19T10:13:33.508+01:002010-05-19T10:13:33.508+01:00It's a start! Just KEEP GOING!It's a start! Just KEEP GOING!dickiebohttp://dickiebo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-68679192065803040162010-05-19T10:07:04.363+01:002010-05-19T10:07:04.363+01:00Imagine cutting the training of nursery school tea...Imagine cutting the training of nursery school teachers - I mean, what's going on? Nursery school teachers are desperate to know about global issues. They need an expert (I know they're experts because they'll possibly get the best part of the £120,000), to help them.<br /><br />Julia, I hope he starts cutting the billions going out of this country to dodgy projects in foreign lands. Stop the lot I say and start all over again.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-38406032942192526622010-05-19T09:01:24.093+01:002010-05-19T09:01:24.093+01:00A very good day's work, let's hope he keep...A very good day's work, let's hope he keeps this up as I'm sure there are plenty more of these pointless money pits to be eliminated.<br /><br />A saving of £500k per day = £2.5m per week = £120m per year. It's not going to much reduce the deficit but, as the ads say, "every little helps"JohnRShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021101596935644363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-73704417272323515262010-05-19T08:58:58.192+01:002010-05-19T08:58:58.192+01:00Does anyone know whether these headline figures in...Does anyone know whether these headline figures included the cost of police and CRB checks on all the participants who might, at some point, come into contact with children? And the inevitable health&safety inspections, diversity monitoring and who knows what besides?Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.com