tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048449668150968412.post784330016893317987..comments2023-11-14T08:19:54.657+00:00Comments on DMossEsq: WrinklesInTheMatrix: Francis Maude 1David Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12345636878071983416noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048449668150968412.post-78426056753427152282011-10-21T20:03:22.100+01:002011-10-21T20:03:22.100+01:00SDG, thank you very much for the Keeton quote. Spe...SDG, thank you very much for the Keeton quote. Spectacularly apposite, please see top right.David Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345636878071983416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048449668150968412.post-2445375530881208132011-10-21T17:36:36.389+01:002011-10-21T17:36:36.389+01:00Have just discovered your blog. It is very enjoyab...Have just discovered your blog. It is very enjoyable and informative so congratulations.<br /><br />In your pursuit of senior civil servants I offer you a quote from Professor G.W. Keeton ["The Passing of Parliament"] :<br /><br />" The relentless growth in size and functions of the Department of State and the relatively high level in calibre of those who staff them, coupled with the steady decline in importance of and function of MPs, has led to a gradual transfer of power and influence from the floor of the House of Commons to the private rooms of permanent civil servants."<br /><br />And that was written 60 years ago.SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048449668150968412.post-84857557922230692702011-10-21T10:30:38.187+01:002011-10-21T10:30:38.187+01:00Quite agree Grumpy, it's reminiscent of that f...Quite agree Grumpy, it's reminiscent of that famous Conservative MP, isn't it, the brilliant novelist, Godfrey Bowman or whatever he's called.David Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345636878071983416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048449668150968412.post-55930611741780940212011-10-16T12:09:50.936+01:002011-10-16T12:09:50.936+01:00LOL, DMoss - it had always puzzled me how someone ...LOL, DMoss - it had always puzzled me how someone like Maude, whose disastrous electoral strategy has meant the country being held to ransom by a pestilential cabal of Lib-Dems, managed to soar to such heights at Morgan Stanley. Now I know. Thank.Grumpy Old Torynoreply@blogger.com