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]]> By: The Sharpener » Five Fallacies about Civil Servants and the Government http://www.owen.org/blog/376/comment-page-1#comment-1619 The Sharpener » Five Fallacies about Civil Servants and the Government Tue, 22 Nov 2005 03:11:28 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/2005/10/30/blunkett-civil-servants-should-not-investigate-politicians/#comment-1619 [...] I have commented elsewhere on the strange and recent idea that it is the job of the Cabinet Secretary, or any other Civil Servant, to judge whether the Code of Conduct for Ministers has been breached. Civil servants have neither the mandate nor the resources to hold Ministers accountable for their actions. That is the job of Parliament and, ultimately, the electorate. It distorts the entire relationship to have civil servants sitting in judgement on Ministers. [...] [...] I have commented elsewhere on the strange and recent idea that it is the job of the Cabinet Secretary, or any other Civil Servant, to judge whether the Code of Conduct for Ministers has been breached. Civil servants have neither the mandate nor the resources to hold Ministers accountable for their actions. That is the job of Parliament and, ultimately, the electorate. It distorts the entire relationship to have civil servants sitting in judgement on Ministers. [...]

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