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Policy PoliceVolume II. Number 3.
Up Close and Personalised. Episode 3.
I decided we’d
better move out of
the flat. You don’t
see much Summary
Justice in the
streets around
there, but I thought
a new address would
be safer.
I don’t think they’d use helicopters around
here, it’d worry the neighbours.
Like it wouldn’t worry the working
girls upstairs from where we
are now.
They’re not… .. Are they?
Pffft.
Still, it’d be good if we’re out of
there before Zee gets her feet back under her desk.
You’ve found a tenant?
Kelly in finance.
…and you’re making a profit?
He’s an accountant. He wouldn’t have it any other way.
…and he gets a vicarious thrill
out of being close to my world.
Your world is so glamorous?
Compared to an accountant, it is.
Back at the office…
About this consultation?
There’s been some opposition to the
national roll-out that has to be neutralised…
That’s consultation?
It’s about getting people used to the
idea. So we ask them how they want it
implemented.
Used to know a guy like that. He’d ask how you’d like him to deliver a fist in the
teeth.
And if you didn’t answer?
He’d punch you in the teeth
Sounds about right.
Okay. But what’s it all
about.
The Goodfellow parenting laws.
Goodfellow?
Granville Goodfellow. The
expert who drafted the new parenting
laws.
He established the principle, “You can look, but you can’t
touch”.
A child development
expert?
No. He’s had about 30 years
experience in the civil service.
An expert bureaucrat.
An expert in drawing up legislation.
… and what does that legislation
create?
The Parenting Inspectorate.
More bureaucrats.
You gotta learn how these people
operate, F.
You make them sound like the
enemy.
Sure as hell ain’t my friends.
Listen to this.
…the implementation of this change ultimately belongs to those leading and delivering the services
on the front line.”
“Though the development and deployment of this plan is through in-level actions owned by The Agency and its partners to support change in the sector…
I mean … do people read this
stuff.
They ought to. Especially if
they’re going to sign it.
Worse. Somebody wrote it. “Heads I win, tails you
lose.”
Crafted by a true bureaucrat.
That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you for the last
half hour.
To be continued…