tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post6651981406703501430..comments2024-03-20T12:28:00.031+00:00Comments on Liberal Bureaucracy: Is this why the Leader's Office doesn't get it?Mark Valladareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-30063806725368320002012-04-06T13:23:39.960+01:002012-04-06T13:23:39.960+01:00Isn't it time that the LibDem special advisers...Isn't it time that the LibDem special advisers should be made accountable to the party which they are meant to be advising in Government - I'm sure that minds with a great capacity than mind can devise some sort of way of keeping the "SpAd's" accountable!!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089679573384155226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-60965694596167347542012-04-06T10:44:51.932+01:002012-04-06T10:44:51.932+01:00I suspect it would be helpful if we (activists and...I suspect it would be helpful if we (activists and advisers and perhaps even Ministers) read Paul Ormerod's book 'Why Most Things Fail:and How To Avoid It'.<br /><br />The chapters on government show how governments get shut into little worlds of internally justified arguments that often don't survive ruthless scrutiny. And the how to avoid it bit includes a messy process of evolutionary give and take drawing on wider experience. <br /><br />Might be worth discussing?Edishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852931736127760026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-68161607602434876622012-04-06T10:44:02.327+01:002012-04-06T10:44:02.327+01:00It's not just that they don't see the pote...It's not just that they don't see the potential political impact.<br /><br />It's that they didn't instinctively realise it was a bad policy, completely out oif line with liberal (to our fingertips) principles.<br /><br />That is far more worrying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com