tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post2191664966244552520..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: A paradox. A most ingenious paradox!Macheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-42135512565979114242010-06-29T11:48:30.413+01:002010-06-29T11:48:30.413+01:00Another example of the right hand not knowing what...Another example of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing.<br /><br />And they want to share services amongst councils up here! They can't even share information between themselves.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-87928845201310688272010-06-27T17:19:59.852+01:002010-06-27T17:19:59.852+01:00JuliaM: 'someone needs to be sacked'
...a...JuliaM: <i>'someone needs to be sacked'</i><br /><br />...and it's a fair bet it won't be the lawyers. In fact, given Kirklees' litigation-happy policy, I'm thinking of suggesting that the Urchin, who wants to study Law, should aim for a job on their legal team.<br /><br />Mrs R, I'd like to know how much of that £130,000 is actual parts-and-labour, so to speak, and how much paid for people to stand around with clipboards or have meetings.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-39850435151179357712010-06-27T13:13:26.727+01:002010-06-27T13:13:26.727+01:00And the crossing cost £130,000! Mindblowingly ridi...And the crossing cost £130,000! Mindblowingly ridiculous amount of money.Mrs Rigbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896765062231309345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-85118354792126490102010-06-27T05:31:37.015+01:002010-06-27T05:31:37.015+01:00I can (sort of) forgive them the mix-up that meant...I can (sort of) forgive them the mix-up that meant the crossing got built across a driveway they'd had permission to build.<br /><br />As you say, the slowness of any bureacracy, compounded by the dimness of council builders who will build it there if that's what their plans say, makes tghis sort of cockup inevitable.<br /><br />But to then hound them through the courts, instead of saying 'Ooopsie! Our mistake!'..?<br /><br />Someone needs to be sacked.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-75992884429928534512010-06-26T19:05:00.517+01:002010-06-26T19:05:00.517+01:00It's always a bad sign, isn't it, if a foc...It's always a bad sign, isn't it, if a focus group has decided to call the authority after some obscure suburb or local river.<br /><br />Another example is Carrick Council in Cornwall. I have often wondered whether any resemblance to Mary Gentle's fictional planet Carrick V ('Golden Witchbreed')and its semi-amphibious primitive natives is deliberate - perhaps an exquisite form of revenge for some bureaucratic idiocy.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-55565216420252451712010-06-26T18:37:44.998+01:002010-06-26T18:37:44.998+01:00I once spent a happy hour wandering about the stre...I once spent a happy hour wandering about the streets of Huddersfield asking people the way to Kirklees. Nobody knew where it was.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.com