tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post1668332406263472219..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: Sack anyone who says “There are lessons to be learned going forward”Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-28847444964755460182011-10-19T22:48:10.786+01:002011-10-19T22:48:10.786+01:00I’ve often wondered if the tendency to repeat the ...I’ve often wondered if the tendency to repeat the mistakes of the past has as much to do with generous public sector early retirement schemes as it does to the politicization of the civil service: I’ve no idea if it’s true, but several commentators at the time of the Credit Crunch conjectured that nobody who had been at the Treasury during the last great crash of the late 1980s remained in post by 2008 – and it therefore all came as a bit of surprise to them. I know age and experience don’t automatically guarantee wisdom (Vince Cable? Ken Clarke??) but positively disregarding these attributes does strikes me as deranged.<br /><br />As to your point about putting the clock back – can anyone think of a modern example of a country which put the clock back successfully after a period of mad liberalism? Thatcher and Reagan, in some respects, but they were both about as radical as you get. Has anyone managed to squeeze the liberal genie back into the bottle without destroying all vestiges of prosperity and freedom in the process? (Some might argue that successive Republican New York mayors have managed it – but has a whole country?)<br />Friday, December 24, 2010 - 12:51 PMScott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-17353505672046221632011-10-19T22:47:52.009+01:002011-10-19T22:47:52.009+01:00Evelyn Waugh once explained his refusal to vote Co...Evelyn Waugh once explained his refusal to vote Conservative again by saying that they had not turned the clock back by a minute during their time in power. DM's comment about the endless succession of failed Government IT projects shows that we continue to make the same mistakes by ignoring the evidence of failure. There are indeed lessons to be learned looking backwards.<br />Friday, December 24, 2010 - 09:14 AMEX-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-26828117901796432572011-10-19T22:47:26.218+01:002011-10-19T22:47:26.218+01:0021 December 2010, The Grønmark Blog: Sack anyone w...21 December 2010, The Grønmark Blog: Sack anyone who says “There are lessons to be learned going forward”<br /><br />Cue, right on time,<br /><br />21 December 2010, Telegraph View: Lessons must be learnt from Heathrow chaos<br /><br />Please see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/8217961/Lessons-must-be-learnt-from-Heathrow-chaos.html<br />Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 11:50 AMDMnoreply@blogger.com