tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post3376543226381268058..comments2024-03-20T12:28:00.031+00:00Comments on Liberal Bureaucracy: Expenses: is the House of Commons careering towards another mistake?Mark Valladareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-12028966736038181152009-05-12T15:40:00.000+01:002009-05-12T15:40:00.000+01:00No need for commission, the fact that a service to...No need for commission, the fact that a service to the public was being provided would suffice. The old-fashioned public sector ethos would demand nothing less. And I'm very old-fashioned in that sense...Mark Valladareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-82159533417024220852009-05-12T15:36:00.000+01:002009-05-12T15:36:00.000+01:00Mark, not 10% commission I hope.Mark, not 10% commission I hope.Richard Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225331967587897653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-60900801633712447332009-05-11T18:53:00.000+01:002009-05-11T18:53:00.000+01:00Who vets the Peers - see the News of the World?Who vets the Peers - see the News of the World?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-29429427052239376312009-05-11T16:35:00.000+01:002009-05-11T16:35:00.000+01:00Richard,
Absolutely right. I think that this is a...Richard,<br /><br />Absolutely right. I think that this is a job for a faceless bureaucrat. It also sounds very much like the job I do now. I wonder how much they're offering...Mark Valladareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-28115917153615440692009-05-11T15:23:00.000+01:002009-05-11T15:23:00.000+01:00You don't need to be an accountant to vet expenses...You don't need to be an accountant to vet expenses claims. What's needed is some untrusting person with a nasty mind and and a dour manner linked to an understanding of every word of the expenses rules and an ability to count. He or she would need to have seen pretty well every fiddle in the system, a memory like an elephant and to have the authority to tell the twisting bastards to foxtrot oscar off in a pleasant and non confrontational manner. He or she must also be backed to the full by the management. So with the straightforward honesty of Mr Speaker behind them.......... er perhaps not.Richard Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225331967587897653noreply@blogger.com