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Carillion, the government and when someone else’s problem becomes yours
The situation with Carillion seems to support the old adage: “If you owe the bank £100, it’s your problem, if you own the bank £10m it’s the bank’s problem.” In this case, last week’s theoretical, but realistic prospect of the melt-down of Carillion looked like the banks, bondholders and shareholders would have a problem, but…
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Toby Young, tweets and the challenge of hiring the right people
By early Tuesday morning, the name ‘Toby Young’ had been trending on Twitter with nearly 50,000 tweets. The outraged Twitterati were celebrating that their pressure on the government had resulted in Young falling on his sword. And this, despite earlier support from the PM and senior government ministers, like the Johnson brothers. Just days earlier,…
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Government issues media advice for people caught up in disasters… Really?
The UK government has issued advice for those members of the public caught up in a crisis or a disaster – don’t hold your breath – it’s mainly a marketing push for its radio, TV and newspaper complaints channels. It recommends people talk to a lawyer and that they should be aware of PR companies…
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The civil service has good HR processes; the government doesn’t. Discuss.
Within the course of a week, two government ministers resigned under pressure over impropriety and governance issues. Last week, Theresa May’s Defence Secretary resigned under a cloud of allegations about impropriety and because he couldn’t guarantee there was no prospect of further issues emerging. So, Gavin Williamson, erstwhile Chief Whip and holder of all the…
Crisis Management 