It is a shame I can't get on a Quango!!

It is a shame I can't get on a Quango especially with the Tory-Lib government committed to cutting down waste. Apparently, there are quangoes to monitor the work of other quangoes!! Maybe that is not true but in the British National Health Service (NHS) the sheer number of these quasi-non-governmental organisations were unable to prevent major negative outcomes at a Staffordshire hospital. I suppose I am not a member of the great and the good or of the politically correct. There was that couple in Scotland, which made an absolute mint by sitting on loads of public sector boards.

Changing the subject you do wonder about our government bosses. Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has berated our NATO allies for not pulling their weight in Afghanistan. I think it would make more sense for Fox to start howling when there is a full moon than to expect the Germans and Italians to put any combat troops near trouble zones. If the Canadians can set a timetable for pulling out then we should do the same. There is plenty of anti-British rhetoric coming out of Barack Obama, a bit more would not make any difference. The way he spits out "British Petroleum" maybe we should set up a peace and reconcilliation commission and investigate did we really torture his Grandad in Kenya. Perhaps the Brits should kick up more of a fuss about extraordinary rendition, water-boarding etc.