5 Jul
7:53pm, 5 Jul 2024
24,986 posts
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larkim
I don't think Starmer can quite get *enough* of experts 
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5 Jul
7:57pm, 5 Jul 2024
24,344 posts
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3M
I'd settle for a group of experts in their relevant disciplines running the country.
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5 Jul
8:01pm, 5 Jul 2024
17,405 posts
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jda
Experts don’t have any particular insight into policy priorities. They are (should be!) an important component in the decision making process of course. |
5 Jul
8:02pm, 5 Jul 2024
1,083 posts
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Fenners-Reborn
@jda the Tories claimed they didn't need any 'experts'.
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5 Jul
8:04pm, 5 Jul 2024
32,709 posts
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Johnny Blaze
There's a strong case for preferring an expert for, say, Defence Minister. As opposed to a fireplace salesman. |
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5 Jul
8:07pm, 5 Jul 2024
24,346 posts
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3M
I don't have a problem with politicians setting priorities and policies. That's what we elect them for. I do have a problem when politicians of all stripes are appointed to decision making roles in areas where they have limited knowledge and/or insight and consider themselves qualified to make decisions. Give me experts over self appointed "I don't need to listen to experts know-it-alls any day. |
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5 Jul
8:08pm, 5 Jul 2024
32,710 posts
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Johnny Blaze
^^^this^^^ Ignorance and inexperience rarely form a firm foundation for insight and wisdom. |
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5 Jul
8:14pm, 5 Jul 2024
1,084 posts
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Fenners-Reborn
And @kstuart wins the Tory seat guesstimate?
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5 Jul
8:18pm, 5 Jul 2024
24,987 posts
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larkim
So we've got someone who has worked tirelessly on prison reform and rehabilitation, a civil servant scientist and a well respected barrister in roles dealing with prisons, science and law. I reckon that makes more sense than simply appointing and MP with an interest in it which means policy will be well informed from the start. Surely that's got to be good, jda? Not every minister or SoS, but injecting some expertise at the top is definitely good from my perspective. |
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5 Jul
8:21pm, 5 Jul 2024
1,085 posts
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Fenners-Reborn
Starmer has made one of the top KCs in the land his attorney general. Starmer has made one of the top scientists in the land his science minister. This is how to run a government, actual experts |
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