LA has just attended a meeting with the west Midlands Minister in Birmingham. It was to discuss retention of skills.
His audience of around 150 business people was greeted by the opening line "The current recession, which started in America"
At this point, 2 seconds in, the entire audience shook its head and was lost.
How can anyone take these people seriously, an alcoholic cannot start on the road to recovery until he recognises he is an alcoholic, denial and delusional is damaging.
LA
Showing posts with label Advantage West Midlands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advantage West Midlands. Show all posts
Monday, 9 March 2009
Monday, 8 September 2008
Pointless Muppet Show in Brirmingham
LA has just returned from his morning with the Cabinet in Birmingham. What a charade. It at some points, felt more like a focus group for a manifesto, maybe it was.
LA has dealt with many a politician in his time but has never been in a room with the whole Cabinet. What an underwhelming Mafia of the mediocre, and thats polite.
The entire event was stage managed, questions vetted and dissent impossible. It was MC'd by Digby Jones. Any doubts that he had gone native are history. He gushed over Gordon as though he had a schoolboy crush. He said he had joined the government because of Gordons vision. LA fails to see how the vision of a Socialist Utopia could appeal to a former head of the CBI.
LA was particularly disturbed by some of the announcements that were made on developments in the West Midlands. These were developments that had the RDA involved, and there use as a media stunt shows that the RDA is being manipulated for party poitics.
LA has left with no doubt that this country is rudderless, leadership is non existant and the incumbeant government stagger around desperate for ideas.
Heaven Help us all.
LA has dealt with many a politician in his time but has never been in a room with the whole Cabinet. What an underwhelming Mafia of the mediocre, and thats polite.
The entire event was stage managed, questions vetted and dissent impossible. It was MC'd by Digby Jones. Any doubts that he had gone native are history. He gushed over Gordon as though he had a schoolboy crush. He said he had joined the government because of Gordons vision. LA fails to see how the vision of a Socialist Utopia could appeal to a former head of the CBI.
LA was particularly disturbed by some of the announcements that were made on developments in the West Midlands. These were developments that had the RDA involved, and there use as a media stunt shows that the RDA is being manipulated for party poitics.
LA has left with no doubt that this country is rudderless, leadership is non existant and the incumbeant government stagger around desperate for ideas.
Heaven Help us all.
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Regional Mayor
It appears that hot from the ridiculous bubble of Westminster, Hazel Blears really thinks there is an appetite for a Regional Mayor. This would cover The Black Country, Birmingham, Coventry and Telford and Wrekin.
Now I know Westminster is over 100 miles away, but for heavens sake, what on earth makes her think their is an appetite for such a post.
The idea that the region has a united identity is a thing of fantasy. The whole thing is based on a map of the Public Sector economy, not the real world. People in Coventry feel an affinity with Warwickshire, not Telford, and guess where the private sector trades.
This smacks of a tired government who's attempt at elected regional assemblies collapsed in tatters in the North East, this is it by the back door.
Go back to Westminster, have a lie down and then come back and actually listen to the people. 10 years in government has led to delusion. Its time for change, nationally, then we can have a think about our regions.
Lord Allelsey
Now I know Westminster is over 100 miles away, but for heavens sake, what on earth makes her think their is an appetite for such a post.
The idea that the region has a united identity is a thing of fantasy. The whole thing is based on a map of the Public Sector economy, not the real world. People in Coventry feel an affinity with Warwickshire, not Telford, and guess where the private sector trades.
This smacks of a tired government who's attempt at elected regional assemblies collapsed in tatters in the North East, this is it by the back door.
Go back to Westminster, have a lie down and then come back and actually listen to the people. 10 years in government has led to delusion. Its time for change, nationally, then we can have a think about our regions.
Lord Allelsey
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
AWM- Business Link £6m waste
So, as businesses in the West Midlands will know, Business Link was Centralised (how USSR) by AWM. Midlands Today reports a £6m waste on a new headquarters. If only that were the true cost of the waste. Shut down costs of the old system amount to millions, waste in retraining and now advertising, something they must do as local businesses have lost all confidence in the new system.
Its supposed to be business support, not empire building.
Who is AWM answerable to; its not the voters, its undemocratic wasteful and useless. Who ever asked for this ridiculous body in the first place, isn't it time to SCRAP AWM????
Lord Allesley
Its supposed to be business support, not empire building.
Who is AWM answerable to; its not the voters, its undemocratic wasteful and useless. Who ever asked for this ridiculous body in the first place, isn't it time to SCRAP AWM????
Lord Allesley
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