Not like the rest at all ?

[Beef Oven!]

Aaah so they have as much experience as I do
that's really inspiring isn't it

Probably no more experience than you, but a greater understanding.

[MrGongGong]

Probably no more experience than you, but a greater understanding.

Or a more intense fantasy life ?

[Beef Oven!]

Or a more intense fantasy life ?

Few, if any new members of any cabinet will have had previous experience of setting up trade agreements. The civil service takes care of these matters anyway and the cabinet will take it to parliament for discussion and ratification.

[MrGongGong]

Few, if any new members of any cabinet will have had previous experience of setting up trade agreements. The civil service takes care of these matters anyway and the cabinet will take it to parliament for discussion and ratification.

Using Warp drive ?

[amateur51]

Few, if any new members of any cabinet will have had previous experience of setting up trade agreements. The civil service takes care of these matters anyway and the cabinet will take it to parliament for discussion and ratification.

So ... if the civil servants will prepare the ground and Parliament will tackle the detail, why bother to elect UKIP to government anyway? At what point do the fine minds of the UKIP intelligentsia get to work on policy?

[MrGongGong]

At what point do the fine minds of the UKIP intelligentsia get to work on policy?

After the sixth pint ?

[amateur51]

After the sixth pint ?

Speaking of UKIP intelligentsia and alcohol, when does our friend's period of abstinence end?

[jean]

So ... if the civil servants will prepare the ground and Parliament will tackle the detail, why bother to elect UKIP to government anyway?

Why bother to elect any government?

[Flosshilde]

So ... if the civil servants will prepare the ground and Parliament will tackle the detail, why bother to elect UKIP to government anyway? At what point do the fine minds of the UKIP intelligentsia get to work on policy?

Well, to agree with BO on this point (the earth teeters on its axis) it's the civil service & advisers who sort out the intricate detail of how policies will work. But obviously there have to be policies to start with, & UKIP's so-called policies (where they have any) are woefully lacking any consistency, logic or feasability.

[MrGongGong]

Why bother to elect any government?

I wasn't aware that WE had elected the current one

[Beef Oven!]

I wasn't aware that WE had elected the current one

Bloody hell GG, pay attention when you vote!

[amateur51]

Why bother to elect any government?

Well most governments come to power with a clear agenda that gets put into the first Queen's Speech and the process of government ought to be the ministers and the civil servants working out how to get their programme through Parliamentary debate - nothing wrong with that. I doubt however the UKIP knows what its programme is, nor how it would respond to an offer of coalition.

[amateur51]

Well, to agree with BO on this point (the earth teeters on its axis) it's the civil service & advisers who sort out the intricate detail of how policies will work. But obviously there have to be policies to start with, & UKIP's so-called policies (where they have any) are woefully lacking any consistency, logic or feasability.

I think we are as one here Flossie. But it isn't the civil service's job to lead - that's the government's job.

[jean]

Well most governments come to power with an clear agenda that gets put into the first Queen's Speech and the process of government ought to be the ministers and the civil servants working out how to get their programme through Parliamentary debate - nothing wrong with that. I doubt however the UKIP knows what its programme is, nor how it would respond to an offer of coalition.

Yes, that is the correct answer.

[amateur51]

Yes, that is the correct answer.

Thanks jean - all this AND my diabetes control being A1* this morning - I must be doing something right ;D