THE GREAT AND THE GOOD
31 December 2004
The honours system was abused again as those civil servants who were responsible for incompetence and substandard behaviour were honoured. John Geave was knighted notwithstanding his amnesia in the nannygate and the waving of immigration rules for David Blunkett’s mistress’s nanny.
Doug Smith, the sacked chief executive of the shambolic Child Support Agency, was made a Commander of the Order of Bath. And Richard Bowker, the former head of the Strategic Rail Authority which had to be disbanded it was so ineffective, was made a CBE.
The honours system has been debased and abused by both Conservative and Labour governments for very many years. Those who were responsible for the ERM disaster were given their grand titles regardless, so it is hardly surprising that the Labour government merely continues in the same vain.
This is in stark contrast tot he USA, where those responsible for the wrong intelligence on WMD have been removed rather than rewarded.
The honours system was abused again as those civil servants who were responsible for incompetence and substandard behaviour were honoured. John Geave was knighted notwithstanding his amnesia in the nannygate and the waving of immigration rules for David Blunkett’s mistress’s nanny.
Doug Smith, the sacked chief executive of the shambolic Child Support Agency, was made a Commander of the Order of Bath. And Richard Bowker, the former head of the Strategic Rail Authority which had to be disbanded it was so ineffective, was made a CBE.
The honours system has been debased and abused by both Conservative and Labour governments for very many years. Those who were responsible for the ERM disaster were given their grand titles regardless, so it is hardly surprising that the Labour government merely continues in the same vain.
This is in stark contrast tot he USA, where those responsible for the wrong intelligence on WMD have been removed rather than rewarded.
posted by erc @ 4:48 pm
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