tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post2548365116071488849..comments2024-03-28T08:01:57.803+00:00Comments on HMRC Is Shite: The Nearly Man - Always The BridesmaidKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-63964636204153074552008-06-28T16:18:00.000+01:002008-06-28T16:18:00.000+01:00Mike Clasper, eh....?http://www.merriam-webster.co...Mike <I>Clasper</I>, eh....?<BR/><BR/>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clasper<BR/><BR/><I>"a male copulatory structure"</I><BR/><BR/>Appropriate name for a guy who going to ensute taxpayers are well and truly f****d...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-31483688598893509352008-06-26T01:11:00.000+01:002008-06-26T01:11:00.000+01:00I agree, Ken, it's just not cricket treating Dave ...I agree, Ken, it's just not cricket treating Dave Hartnett in such a horrible, uncaring way like this. He is such a pleasant fellow too... and doesn't he bear a striking resemblance to Hugh Grant too!!! I do sympathise with the shabby treatment meted out to Mr Hartnett, but I have it on good authority that humiliation, bullying and cajoling the staff is accepted as quite the norm within HMRC?!!! That is doubtless a major contributory factor as to why Datagate happened (it's not the "first" disaster and it probably won't be the last). It is also one of very many reasons why HMRC is a monumental shambles. With totally demeaned and demoralised staff, plus bullying and incompetent managers no wonder staff morale is through the floor. To quote from the Independent Police Complaints Commission report on the Datagate fiasco: "HMRC procedures for handling sensitive data were "woefully inadequate" and staff adopted a "muddle through" ethos to confidential personal records". In addition, Conservative shadow Chancellor George Osborne said that the (IPCC and Poynter) reports gave a "truly devastating account of incompetence and systemic failure at the heart of this Government (given the context he obviously is referring to HMRC)". Mr Osborne continues by accusing HMRC: "...of wholesale failings in institutional practices and procedures. Staff worked on confidential data without adequate support, training or guidance and there was no coherent strategy for mass data handling". The reports had "comprehensively blown out of the water" the claims made by Chancellor Alistair Darling and Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the time of the incident that the breach was the responsibility of a junior official breaking the rules.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-79561906475168840692008-06-26T00:24:00.000+01:002008-06-26T00:24:00.000+01:00What is it with the concept of making major public...What is it with the concept of making major public announcements using first names? <BR/><BR/>A departmental announcement to work colleagues - fine.<BR/><BR/>A national announcement to 60 million people - totally naff.<BR/><BR/>HMRC are not currently and cannot be 'mates' to the 'stakeholders' in the public domain.<BR/><BR/>Just how far will this over-familiarisation go before it is recognised by the masses for the BS that it is?<BR/><BR/><BR/>GrantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-61136977676883880142008-06-25T22:44:00.000+01:002008-06-25T22:44:00.000+01:00How do you know"Just call me Dave"actually wants t...How do you know"Just call me Dave"actually wants the job?<BR/>It's a poison chalce just look at what happened to Grey,would you take it on?<BR/>While this government goes full pelt with the so called modernisation of the Civil Service we're doomed taxpayers and employees alikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-17756215641021865062008-06-25T19:48:00.000+01:002008-06-25T19:48:00.000+01:00More proof of how the cronies are running us down ...More proof of how the cronies are running us down at HMRCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com