Civil Servants resignation Sir Philip Rutnam

The Civil Service is an unusual beast.  It sits in London and acts the  lubricant between changes of government.  Its role is to carry out the wishes of the Government of the day. However, it seems to have lost its way.  Maybe watching too many copies of "Yes Minister".  It would appear that the Civil Service does not like what the present government is trying to do and therefore carrying out a number of schemes to block their progress.  Sir Philip (it wasn’t me gov) Rutnam, who was in charge until he found he couldn’t get his own way, seems to have a number of gang members who are crawling out of the woodwork to try and scupper things so they and the rest of the shambles can retain all of the many perks they have.  Let me remind you it was Rutnam who created the shambles of the Windrush affair when a number of Commonwealth members were sent back to their place of origin because they were thought to be illegal immigrants.  Amber Rudd as Home Secretary had to resign because of his bungling – now it’s payback time.  Somewhat overdue I think.

Priti  Patel, the present Home Secretary, now finds herself in a storm where media and the Civil Servants have drawn knives to try and get rid of her.  There are many other examples across both political parties where Home Secretaries have had arguments and sacked individuals because they fail to tow the line.  The Government are our representatives and they stay in power because we want them to.  We don’t have the same power over the Civil Service.   Is it because Priti is female I wonder?  Good on ya is all I can say. Keep up the fight and Government stand behind her and as usual Media shut up. 

So Rutnam needs to put up and shut up and that goes for the other wimps who found it too tough for them.  If you don’t like the heat get out of the kitchen as they say and if you don’t like what the Government says just remember what the title of your job is Civil SERVANT and learn to live up to it

Virus over reaction

The Coronavirus virus spreading from the East has trapped a number of people on holiday.  Each country is finding its own ways of dealing with the situation.  In my view it’s another reason for not going on a cruise.  Holiday makers have been restricted in their movements in Tenerife recently and one vocal individual on BBC Breakfast had a lot to say for herself and supposedly all the other Brits in the hotel.  I’m certainly not convinced that all the others agreed with her comments.  I can just see this woman standing up and making it clear that she wants to be on the telly.  Her moans and groans made no sense.  They arrived at the hotel 6 hours earlier and she complained that they had had no information and yet when the interviewer questioned her she said all we have had is a letter explaining what we have to do.  What more does she need? 
For some reason people seem to feel that they are a special case and need immediate evacuation.  She was fit and well as far as I could see and the fact that this illness is of little danger to the majority of us means that in my view you just have to make the best of it to protect those who are more vulnerable.  Any panic caused is down to the news media and their obsession with trying to find someone to blame instead of praising the actions of the people who are working incredible hard to get people through this situation.  There is enough information out there now for everyone to know what they have to do.  So put your mouth away and pour another G&T - make the most of the situation