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Public sector workers need 'discipline and fear', says Oliver Letwin

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Tortington · 30/07/2011 23:40

oliver letwin

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learningtofly · 31/07/2011 11:17

I would love to see politicians who come out with this type of twoddle lead by example. Many public sector workers work hard, are dedicated to their work under increasingly difficult circumstances trying.to do their best for the public.

BeingAMumIsFun · 31/07/2011 11:11

Oliver Letwin reportedly agreed to repay a bill for £2,145 for replacing a leaking pipe under the tennis court at his constituency home in Somerset, which he had claimed on his parliamentary expenses

No discipline there then

But no doubt when this greedy greedy man has awarded all contracts to the private sector there will be nothing in the contract they need to fear and there will be no need for discipline by the directors when they award themselves their bonus payments and their pensions

PeterSpanswick · 31/07/2011 11:04

I for one would love to know more about these cushy, well-paid public sector jobs with gold-plated pensions everyone is banging on about because I'm definitely in the wrong department/level/universe.

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Tortington · 31/07/2011 11:03

and they take away your unions too so then you cannot withold your labour and disrupt services.

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corblimeymadam · 31/07/2011 11:00

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crazynanna · 31/07/2011 10:57

I have nightmares about that sockpoppet. I have these terrible dreams of a cloaked figure saying to me in a deep slowed down voice..."only 4 more yeeeaaarrs!" Shock I awaken soaked in my own sweat.

iklboo · 31/07/2011 10:56

The Cuntservative Party strike again!

sockpoppet · 31/07/2011 10:53

Knobber. Only 4 more years to go, unless Cleggy grows some and brings down the government.

noddyholder · 31/07/2011 10:50

This time round the tories seem even more brazen in their stance that the 'workers' need to be managed and kept in their place! Tossers

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Tortington · 31/07/2011 10:48

it's clearly part of the job description

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ChristinedePizan · 31/07/2011 10:46

I used to work with Letwin before he became an MP. We always thought he was unbelievably thick and it has always amazed me that anyone takes him seriously

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Tortington · 31/07/2011 10:43

tiredemma Sun 31-Jul-11 09:24:06
I do wish that the entire Tory party would just drown in giant vat of piss.

indeed

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crazynanna · 31/07/2011 09:34

Loving a Tory of Twats Grin

A Party of Pricks

I have some fab ones,but they will only end up as Message Deleted fodder.

tiredemma · 31/07/2011 09:24

I do wish that the entire Tory party would just drown in giant vat of piss.

Im a public sector worker. I cant work any harder than I already do. Get real Letwin you tory ponce.

Scarletbanner · 31/07/2011 09:14

A Cabinet of twats? An Eton? And what would be a good collective noun for Tories? A slick? A greed? A disdain?

mablemurple · 31/07/2011 08:57

Love Tory of Twats Grin.

Yet more proof, as if we needed it, that the only thing that matters to Tories is £££. They are desperate to take this country back to Victorian times. Letwin needs reminding that he is talking about human beings, not robotised units of production.

How would we measure MPs productivity, I wonder?

mumblechum1 · 31/07/2011 08:19

Grin at Custy's a Tory of Twats

Scarletbanner · 31/07/2011 08:16

Govt's plans for commissioning in the NHS are to introduce competition, which has the effect of a) reducing co-operation and b) making lots of Tory-supporting businessmen very rich. Like I care which hospital I'm sent to if I have a stroke: I want to go to the clinically best one, not the cheapest. See here

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Tortington · 31/07/2011 00:29

"Letwin was speaking at the launch of a liberal thinktank's report at the London headquarters of KPMG, one of the biggest recipients of government cash, which won the first contract for NHS commissioning following the decision to scrap primary care trusts and further open the health service to private companies."

i don';t know who these are or what this means can someone explain please?

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northender · 31/07/2011 00:16

dh and I watched Jacob Rhys Mogg MP on Newsnight I think on Thursday and wondered who exactly he could possibly truly represent. I feel the same about Letwin and others.

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Tortington · 31/07/2011 00:12

collective noun for twats

Tory

a Tory of twats

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Scarletbanner · 30/07/2011 23:57

They really hate the public sector, don't they. Strange really, as they are public "servants" too. It just shows that they have no experience of the real world and don't use the same services we non-millionaire mortals do. Letwin after all famously said that he would rather beg on the streets than send his dc to his local inner city comprehensive. Nice to have the choice. The man is a dangerous idiot.

northender · 30/07/2011 23:55

dh and I are both public sector workers. I can't begin to put into words how articles like this make me feelAngryAngryAngry. The tories have achieved such a coup by making public sector workers so despised that we are now an easy target and no matter what we do to try and defend our pay/conditions/pension, public support will be minimal. Oliver Letwin is just one of a number of Tories I cannot abide.

timidviper · 30/07/2011 23:52

"If you have diversity of provision and personal choice and power, some providers will be better and some worse. Inevitably, some will not, whether it's because they can't attract the patient or the pupil, for example, or because they can't get results and hence can't get paid. Some will not survive. It is an inevitable and intended consequence of what we are talking about."
How does this square with Cameron assuring us that he does not intend privatising the NHS? Tory trustworthiness on show again!

I wonder if there is a collective noun for twats?!

VivaLeBeaver · 30/07/2011 23:51

There is a big public setor conference this year titled; valuing workers, improving outcomes. Obviously that train of thought bypassed letwin.