What The Fark Is Jeremy Hunt's Promotion About?

Would someone please explain to me how it is that Jeremy Hunt, who made a fool of himself over the G4S Olympics fiasco and who is mired in the BSkyB controversy, has been appointed as Health Secretary?

What the fark is going on here?

Cabbies Blockade Parliament

As our "respected" elected representatives prepare to head off for their 47 day summer holiday, London cabbies have given them a taste of what the rest of London will have to endure for the next seven weeks (courtesy of the Olympics) by blockading Parliament.

Well done the cabbies!

Photo by Paul Waugh.

Through The Looking Glass With Jeremy Hunt

In Jeremy Hunt's world, failure is the norm:

"I don't think this is a moment for getting into the blame game. G4S have been quite honourable. It is completely normal that you are going to find some contractors on a project of this size who are not going to be able to deliver."

Advice To Jeremy Hunt

Don't be so cocky about the alleged Olympics "budget" undershoot!

Advice To William Hague II

Following on from yesterday's advice about telling company bosses that they must work harder, may I also suggest that you have a word with your colleagues in Whitehall who have elected to spend seven weeks at home during the Olympics!

Not that anyone will notice the difference wrt the quality and quantity of work produced by Whitehall!

The Joy of Cover Ups - UKBA Hides Its Shame

As loyal readers know, cover ups are the politicians' "go to" tool when the shit hits the fan.

However, it is not just elected politicians who practise the dark arts of cover ups, but also their government agency appointees.

Step forward Marc Owen, the director of UKBA operations at Heathrow, who has made a complete fuck up of his attempts to conduct a cover up over the clusterfuck that is Heathrow's arrivals' processing.

Given that the entire world's attention will be focussed on the UK during the Olympics, Owen will learn that his political masters will not tolerate being blamed for this clusterfuck and will want the problem resolved and/or his head on a platter.