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For those of you who haven't had the dis/pleasure of a Central Service secondment to Home Office we thought we should put the Priti Patel thing into context. This NOT a defence of her; simply context.
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For those of you who haven't had the dis/pleasure of a Central Service secondment to Home Office we thought we should put the Priti Patel thing into context. This NOT a defence of her; simply context.
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1. The 1st obvious thing that hits you is that the civil servants run the dept, not the politicians. The politicans are widely seen as temporary visitors who risk rocking the otherwise steady ship.
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1. The 1st obvious thing that hits you is that the civil servants run the dept, not the politicians. The politicans are widely seen as temporary visitors who risk rocking the otherwise steady ship.
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2. The majority of civ servants we worked with wore their 'left-of-centre' politics openly on their sleeves, and virtually all were members of the 3 main trade unions including the FDA (First Division Civ Serv Assn) which like ACPO but with teeth.
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2. The majority of civ servants we worked with wore their 'left-of-centre' politics openly on their sleeves, and virtually all were members of the 3 main trade unions including the FDA (First Division Civ Serv Assn) which like ACPO but with teeth.
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3. Some were even openly anti-police towards us even though we were on the same "team". Most HO civvies look down their noses at not only the politicians (of both political persuasions) but also the 'rough trade' of fire-fighting, policing, border force, etc.
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3. Some were even openly anti-police towards us even though we were on the same "team". Most HO civvies look down their noses at not only the politicians (of both political persuasions) but also the 'rough trade' of fire-fighting, policing, border force, etc.
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4. And they only work at one speed: painfully slow, and they religiously work to rule. The civvies we knew who helped us by speeding up were ostracised by the rest.
So you can imagine that when a dynamic businesswoman arrives on the doorstep as the new Home Sec >>>
4. And they only work at one speed: painfully slow, and they religiously work to rule. The civvies we knew who helped us by speeding up were ostracised by the rest.
So you can imagine that when a dynamic businesswoman arrives on the doorstep as the new Home Sec >>>
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5. eyebrows are raised to the ceiling and under muted breath we hear the refrain "Here we go again".
But this time the ex-businesswoman with her list of election Actions to complete, kicked a few backsides when she realised how much dead meat resides at Marsham Street. >>>
5. eyebrows are raised to the ceiling and under muted breath we hear the refrain "Here we go again".
But this time the ex-businesswoman with her list of election Actions to complete, kicked a few backsides when she realised how much dead meat resides at Marsham Street. >>>
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6. Getting a right royal bollocking is like water of a duck's back to most of us. We take it; amend our ways & crack on. Home Office civil servants of all grades simply don't do bollockings. Instead months of staff remediation reports are assessed, ppl sent on courses, >>>
6. Getting a right royal bollocking is like water of a duck's back to most of us. We take it; amend our ways & crack on. Home Office civil servants of all grades simply don't do bollockings. Instead months of staff remediation reports are assessed, ppl sent on courses, >>>
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7....until it all blows over, & someone gets promoted.
That's it folks. Context over.
All we'll add in conclusion is that if we each had ÂŁ1 for every time we caught a bollocking over our careers we'd all be retired by now....
Oh. Wait.....!
Here endeth the lesson.
7....until it all blows over, & someone gets promoted.
That's it folks. Context over.
All we'll add in conclusion is that if we each had ÂŁ1 for every time we caught a bollocking over our careers we'd all be retired by now....
Oh. Wait.....!
Here endeth the lesson.
