Two to Quango?

[Pavilionaire]

And what have you done for your community, PMB?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

So, all your quango achieved was swapping one very small group of inconvenienced disabled passengers with another very small group of disabled passengers.

Doesn't sound like your organisation achieved much there then.

Not so.

One major achievement in my time, as far as wheelchair accessible taxis are concerned, was to develop a design standard that achieved the effect of getting a dozen or so vehicle manufacturers to build taxis to meet that standard. Previously LTI had been the only manufacturer interested and their monopoly prices were costing the taxi trade a fortune (and, at the same time, ensuring that there were hardly any wheelchair accessible taxis outside London).

These days, operators have a real choice, in a much more competitive market place.

 

[Buzzer]

Sorry. My previous post sounded rude. Not intended.

 

[Buzzer]

And what have you done for your community, PMB?

Firstly, that's a crass question and secondly, none of your business.

Hope that helps.

 

[GOM]

Don't underestimate how important "the Compact" is to THOUSANDS of organisation in the voluntary sector who depend for their existence on having the right sort of relationships with public sector bodies like councils, the NHS and central government departments.

The Compact itself is a nationally agreed standard for how these relationships should be managed. All public authorities apply those standards. If every single arrangement now has to be individually negotiated, the amount of bureaucracy will INCREASE beyond imagination.

Whoever is dreaming up these "cuts" hasn't got a f***ing clue.

Write a leaflet

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

Shame that Postcomm is not on the list.

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

Shame that Postcomm is not on the list.

It's being merged with Ofcom, which will probably make it less aggressive.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

It's being merged with Ofcom, which will probably make it less aggressive.

Ofcom needs to be abolished on the basis its a regulator screwing the system and has a prime objective of self preservation instead of pursuing its remit.

 

[beorhthelm]

Ofcom needs to be abolished on the basis its a regulator screwing the system and has a prime objective of self preservation instead of pursuing its remit.

a state most public bodies tend towards, be they quangos, regulators, departments of state. we can only hope in the process of self preservation they deliver on their purpose too.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Lord B,have you ever 'worked' the taxi trade or driven a bus on a regular basis ?

 

[RexCathedra]

The Quangos were not summoned up by Owen Glendower from the vasty deep. There was a reason for them.

They were often a good-faith, sometimes last-ditch, attempt to prevent or correct either regulatory capture by industry and business on the one hand, and clientelism on the other.

 

[Spanish Seagulls]

They quango & get themselves new jobs now.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Lord B,have you ever 'worked' the taxi trade or driven a bus on a regular basis ?

I worked as a public transport planner for a local authority for about 25 years, managing a team that was responsible for designing and, where necessary, funding a county-wide local bus network and ensuring that bus services were properly co-ordinated with other local transport services, including trains and taxis. I now manage a not-for-profit passenger transport company, with an annual turnover of about £700,000, that runs 18 minibuses and employs 40 people, providing home to school transport, specialist accessible transport for elderly and disabled people, private hire services for local organisations and scheduled local bus services. Whilst most of the job is managerial, I do regularly drive the buses.

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

It's being merged with Ofcom, which will probably make it less aggressive.

Too late, the damage has already been done by New Labour and Postcomm.

 

[Normandy seagull]

shame ofsted wasn't abolished years ago- bunch of fcukwits! Remember there should be two f's in ofsted- Offsted- Office for fcuking up standards in Education

 

[Bry Nylon]

Whilst most of the job is managerial, I do regularly drive the buses.

Respect to you, Ed.

A couple of years ago, Essex Police placed adverts in my local paper with the message, "If you're going to enjoy a drink this Christmas, please take a bus home" which at the time seemed like sensible advice.

Breaking into the bus depot was a piece of piss, but trying to parallel park the fucker outside my house after a few pints was an absolute nightmare.