Famous Initiatives

[mollag]

this from the guardian----Mr Brown had earlier signalled his intention to press ahead with a constitution for the NHS in a New Year message to staff.

 

Apart from the obvious response of, if a constitution is appropriate for the NHS, why not the whole country, are we not already covered by the famous "charters" for public services?

 

for those of us with a few years in, the old catch phrases seem so sad, the Baker Act, short sharp shock etc. Hollow words from hollow men

[thesultanofsheight]

this from the guardian----Mr Brown had earlier signalled his intention to press ahead with a constitution for the NHS in a New Year message to staff.

 

Apart from the obvious response of, if a constitution is appropriate for the NHS, why not the whole country, are we not already covered by the famous "charters" for public services?

 

for those of us with a few years in, the old catch phrases seem so sad, the Baker Act, short sharp shock etc. Hollow words from hollow men

 

He could have started by canvassing things called votes first.

 

He's bit like an MLC. No public mandate to do what he is doing, yet claiming that he's going to revolutionalise everything.

[triskelion]

He could have started by canvassing things called votes first.

 

He's bit like an MLC. No public mandate to do what he is doing, yet claiming that he's going to revolutionalise everything.

 

Yes, because I am sure the British public know what is the best course of action for the NHS is. Very few people in party democracies vote on the basis of policy or manifesto pledges. Instead they vote either tribally or on the basis of a Party's public image. Like how people think they are really enviromentally-minded vote Green, even though the Green party has very poor enviromental policies. Or how almost everyone who votes Lib Dem does so more as a vote against the two major parties, rather than having been impressed by the party's manifesto. And so on.

 

Thus saying 'he has no mandate' bears little relevance in the context of a party political system.