Comments on: McBride: a scandal for the internet age http://puffbox.com/2009/04/12/damian-mcbride-resignation/ Adventures in government, politics and open source. Mostly WordPress-related. Fri, 11 May 2012 16:17:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jon Worth http://puffbox.com/2009/04/12/damian-mcbride-resignation/comment-page-1/#comment-923 Jon Worth Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:14:26 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=857#comment-923 @Anon - Sorry but that's quite inadequate! It's a bland list that's almost incomprehensible. @Anon - Sorry but that's quite inadequate! It's a bland list that's almost incomprehensible.

]]> By: Anon http://puffbox.com/2009/04/12/damian-mcbride-resignation/comment-page-1/#comment-922 Anon Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:06:33 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=857#comment-922 They publish a list of all Special Advisers each year as a written statement. Here's the most recent: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2008-07-22b.99WS.1 or the year before: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2007-11-22b.147WS.4 They publish a list of all Special Advisers each year as a written statement. Here's the most recent: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2008-07-22b.99WS.1 or the year before: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2007-11-22b.147WS.4

]]> By: Jon Worth http://puffbox.com/2009/04/12/damian-mcbride-resignation/comment-page-1/#comment-921 Jon Worth Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:49:31 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=857#comment-921 Interesting thoughts here Simon, and also something I have been giving some thought to for a long time - as far as I am concerned it's vital to get the party politicization out into the open as in other European countries. See <a href="http://www.jonworth.eu/the-case-for-political-state-secretaries-in-the-uk/" rel="nofollow">this piece</a> I've written on that issue. Undoubtedly the role of SpAds has to also be brought into the open - try even to find out who they and you hit a brick wall. Search the FCO's website for SpAd, Special Advisor, Special Adviser, Special Advisors, Special Advisers and you get nothing sensible. The party leaders / government leader thing is also separate in other European countries, with some mixed results - Gerhard Schröder was deposed as party leader sometime before being removed as <em>Bundeskanzler</em>. Interesting thoughts here Simon, and also something I have been giving some thought to for a long time - as far as I am concerned it's vital to get the party politicization out into the open as in other European countries. See this piece I've written on that issue.

Undoubtedly the role of SpAds has to also be brought into the open - try even to find out who they and you hit a brick wall. Search the FCO's website for SpAd, Special Advisor, Special Adviser, Special Advisors, Special Advisers and you get nothing sensible.

The party leaders / government leader thing is also separate in other European countries, with some mixed results - Gerhard Schröder was deposed as party leader sometime before being removed as Bundeskanzler.

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