Stuck in the rain at the train station with over an hour delay to board a train to London. I'm just musing on how uniquely infuriating train company messaging is. "Please delay your travel … (View Post)

That joke from Yes Minister about there being so many secretaries, none of whom can type is very accurate. There are quite a few Private Secretaries to the Permanent Secretary who have PAs in their t… (View Post)

While I'm on public service anecdotes. When I worked in Parliament a foreign parliamentarian phoned a colleague who worked for a Select Committe and asked to speak to the boss to arrange a meeti… (View Post)

I've been enjoying the PB Cabinet chat. As a minor poster can I be Permanent Secretary of something? I'm already a civil servant so feel myself to be qualified. (View Post)

In Huntingdonshire a lot of ex Lib Dems ran as independents after the 2015 debacle. They brought a lot of organising nouce to resident campaigns and created a group of loosely aligned indepents who h… (View Post)