Politicization of Civil service is the real story

Lets get all the McBride smear story stuff in perspective.
Every one knows that spin and smear goes on in politics, sad but true. It is just that in the last 13 years this has gone to new levels of "professionalism". The best proponents of this have been the Labour Party. LA feels sure the Torys sometimes look on and wish they had the same abilities in this disgraceful skill.

The thing is, the emails are horrible, the man is clearly scum and has no regard for political opponants (Tory or Labour) as people, no regard for there family life. He does undobtdly bring politics into the gutter, he does make those that could be good for the country step back from politics as they do not want to have to contend with such filth and upset. But the real story is Gordon Browns (and Blairs) politicization of the Civil Service. Pitt the Younger was the first Prime Minister to really remove patronage from Government positions, but also from the civil service. It became mainly based on talent. Civil servants were there to serve the Government for delivery of its policies, not to fight its party political battles.

Brown made McBride a Civil Servant, the tax payer was therefore funding an organ of the Labour Party, that cannot be right. It also puts full responsibility for all McBrides actions firmly with the Prime Minister. Let us not hold our collective breath for an apology though, we know Mr Brown is as incapable of that as he is of running the country.

LA