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Posted by: Yellowcave (Tuesday 26 August 2008, 12:17 PM)

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How times change.

When I was taught management principles, I was taught to make thorough enquiries not to pass blame but to look for endemic failures that can be rectified.

Since the advent of NuLab it is all a case of:
Find someone else, preferably cannon fodder, to hang out to dry, (suspend), sweep it under the carpet (terminology is something like "draw a line under it" I seem to recall) and let's move on.

So we have constant reminders and indicators that any attempt at a massive ID system is going to hit a pretty big fan, but they are all ignored provided some minion can be strung up for it.

We need accountability so that the MPs/ministers responsible are still considered responsible when it fails and they have to carry the can via financial penalty.

PS: How long until NuLab is officially rebranded "TeamGB"?

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