Top civil servant, Sir Mark Sedwell, is to be dismissed tomorrow.

There are mixed feelings about Sedwell, according to a friend’s son we know ( who works in one of those depts.)
He seems to be a Marmite character.

Surely too much for one man to oversee anyway.

But you've no problem with Cummings overseeing the whole of the civil service, and the spads and running the government, Ug?

Most people in senior positions are Marmite characters. Nobody reaches the top without upsetting a few people along the way.

It's breath taking that people can't see what's happening. How bloody dare they bleat on about democracy and unelected bureaucrats while defending this kind of thing? Have they never studied history?

Exactly Maizie.
I was just going to make the same comment.

www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjfmJGHs6TqAhU2VBUIHetSCNwQwqsBMAZ6BAgIEAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DgmOvEwtDycs&usg=AOvVaw2OIbsFgMv7dwIw5g8K5-LO

To think we thought this was fiction and only comedy.
Bring back Sir Humphrey

Am not sure that Sir Humphrey ever went away ( maybe that’s the problem.)?

lemongrove

Am not sure that Sir Humphrey ever went away ( maybe that’s the problem.)?

I am sure it is!

MawB

lemongrove

Am not sure that Sir Humphrey ever went away ( maybe that’s the problem.)?

I am sure it is!

No as you were, I agree with the first part but I think only the likes of DomCum would see him as the problem.

@Fennel

The problem is DomCum, unelected anarchist.

... an anarchist who has already hinted he will walk away and leave somebody else to clear up the mess.

Wake up and smell the coffee!

Just who do these people think they are ?? Obnoxious lot.
Marmite indeed ! Imagine being someone you're not.

EllanVannin

Just who do these people think they are ?? Obnoxious lot.
Marmite indeed ! Imagine being someone you're not.

Do you mean civil servants? Who do you think they are and what do you think they do?

Good he needs to go and the civil service needs reforming.

From the way that former Leavers talk about 'civil servants' I think they're just quoting from the Leavers Script and don't actually know anything about the civil service apart from the fact that it's BAD... because Dom says it is

It would be interesting if the Civil Service were to go an strike, all of it...

Firecracker123

Good he needs to go and the civil service needs reforming.

Would you like to outline what is bad and what the reforms should be? Firecracker?

That would be very helpful for those of us who aren't quite clear about what is wrong with the CS

MaizieD

Firecracker123

Good he needs to go and the civil service needs reforming.

Would you like to outline what is bad and what the reforms should be? Firecracker?

That would be very helpful for those of us who aren't quite clear about what is wrong with the CS

How patient are you?

People that think the civil service needs reforming haven’t a clue what they are talking about.

It’s the civil service who have put all the crazy government ideas into practice, Universal Credit, HS2, Brexit, and lots more. Do away with them and replace them with what - muppets.
That would reduce the wage bill but you wouldn’t like the result

MaizieD

Firecracker123

Good he needs to go and the civil service needs reforming.

Would you like to outline what is bad and what the reforms should be? Firecracker?

That would be very helpful for those of us who aren't quite clear about what is wrong with the CS

You’ll be lucky

growstuff

MaizieD

Firecracker123

Good he needs to go and the civil service needs reforming.

Would you like to outline what is bad and what the reforms should be? Firecracker?

That would be very helpful for those of us who aren't quite clear about what is wrong with the CS

How patient are you?

Well said

My last comment being to both Maizie and Growstuff

There are certainly some on here who think they are superior in many ways, including knowing everything there is to know about the Civil Service.I doubt they really do of course.
Nobody is above being sacked/ moved sideways/ retired.

I suppose those who have been employed by the civil service and continue to have contacts at a high level can be assumed to know what they are talking about?