tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post2207356288941082969..comments2024-03-24T23:22:43.753+00:00Comments on Tony's Musings: Questions and EvasionsTonyTheProfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-20914857773312913322010-07-20T14:18:41.692+00:002010-07-20T14:18:41.692+00:00Yes the number of times local politics mirrors yes...Yes the number of times local politics mirrors yes Minister is extraordinary.<br /><br />The Economy Drive - we need to take on more managers to make savings!<br /><br />The Economy Drive - we can lose a few typists and tea ladies<br /><br />The Tangled Web: Sir Humphrey forgets there is an open mike in a BBC Radio interview<br /><br />etcTonyTheProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-65236714665173937902010-07-20T14:00:32.266+00:002010-07-20T14:00:32.266+00:00Tony:
I can tell you from a good deal of personal...Tony:<br /><br />I can tell you from a good deal of personal experience that Ministers are rarely prepared to give straight answers to straight questions. One immediately thinks back to the "Yes Minister" series which were uncomfortably close to the truth.<br /><br />The reason for not answering questions fully and truthfully is usually one of three - or sometimes a combination of two or all of them -<br /><br />1. An inborn reluctance to tell the whole story - such reluctance is invariably quite baseless and a Minister would be hard pressed to explain the reluctance.<br /><br />2. A (perhaps) unconscious need to show how clever a Minister is by sounding eloquent and open whilst actually avoiding the issue completely. In other words, "Yes Minister".<br /><br />3. A quite deliberate attempt to stonewall in the face of a difficult question which, if answered truthfully and fully, would prove embarrassing to the Minister.<br /><br />I suspect that, in the case of the present Home Affairs Minister, we regularly have a dazzling display of all three reasons!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com