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Blair McPherson
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08 Sep 2020 - 06:03

null Vanity Projects 

A project that is not justified by cost and effort and whose purpose is to make the instigator look good. The most famous was the USA race with the Soviet Union to put a man on the Moon the cost of which could not be justified but was intended to demonstrate capitalism was better than communism  and the USA was the greatest.  Putting a man on the moon was an extortionately... See more
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Blair McPherson
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26 Apr 2020 - 09:12

null Simply the Best 

Last year Liverpool were the best in Europe. Judged another way Manchester were the best in England. But if you take into account the amount they spent to achieve this performance then it looks like Sheffield is going to be the best this year. I’m talking football teams but I could be talking Local Authorities.  League tables are a fact of life in local government but that doesn’t... See more
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Blair McPherson
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07 Mar 2016 - 12:47

null Is anyone going to say sorry?

  As local authorities bring back in house services that were outsourced, as yet another chief executive says we can get better value for money in house and another council leader says this gives us more control and will save us money, does anyone else think isn't that's what they said about outsourcing ? It may not be the same chief executive who told us that this was the only way we... See more
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Blair McPherson
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18 Aug 2015 - 09:26

null The last 30 years as seen through the eyes of a public professional

  This could be the story of an local government professional, a librarian, a housing officer, a policy officer ,a finance officer, a personnel officer or an admin officer.   Tim trained as a social worker in the 80s. He went on marches in support of the miners. You wouldn't catch Tim selling the Socialist Worker in town on a Saturday. He wasn't that type of radical social... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:10

null Two men overheard

Two men overheard leaving a restaurant. One says to the other “that was one of the worst meals I have ever eaten”. His companion replies “Yes, and such small portions”! Would it have been better value for money had the portions been twice as big or the meal cost half as much? If you answer yes to this then you will have no problem with what is happening to the public sector. ... See more
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