through an unremitting pursuit and control of those who refuse to pay such bills. This
latter example of fair play will attract the moral majority that Labour has within its
grasp.
In addition to the above, I would suggest more than simply tinkering around at the
edges of internal civil service productivity and processes. For the eighty per cent of
civil servants who are probably struggling to give their best, we as a party would be
better off looking to change the culture, opportunities and prejudices of the
managerial class which – at present – is in the process of raiding the country's coffers.
Westminster
A huge programme of cultural readjustment would involve at the very least the
following: firstly, legislation which prohibits any kind of revolving-door activities
between elected government, unelected civil service and private industry; secondly,
retraining and proper resourcing for all civil service employees – in order to allow
them to recover a virtuous public-sector ethos; and thirdly, providing properlyfunded and independent research facilities and resources for all MPs, so that
lobbyists would lose their ability to try to control the agenda.
“We need legislation which prohibits any kind of revolving-door
activities between unelected civil service and private industry”
These measures might contribute to developing a government that works for all the
country. Such decisions could lead to Labour not only winning the general election,
but also the geographically wider argument and the grassroots discussions; while
also governing behind the moral weight of the One Nation philosophy.
For it's not enough for Labour to win the election outright. We must also win the
country's collaboration and belief too. And in order to achieve that, we have to
restore a sense of civic responsibility, pride and behaviour. Only then will government
and its support infrastructures have any chance of recovering a once traditional sense
of service and fair play. Only then might our nation work for everyone.
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