Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Cronyism is Rife in the Government
So Derek Conway has gone, and good ridance.
But one fact that it has brough up is that cronyism is rife. One "defence" giving by Derek's friends was that he only employed his sons and wife and "everyone does that".
In any other industry this would be cronyism, but for an MP it's seen as a normal option, even though the extent of the "work" carried out by the MP's family is completely unknown to anyone else, and it is all paid for by the taxpayer.
But one fact that it has brough up is that cronyism is rife. One "defence" giving by Derek's friends was that he only employed his sons and wife and "everyone does that".
In any other industry this would be cronyism, but for an MP it's seen as a normal option, even though the extent of the "work" carried out by the MP's family is completely unknown to anyone else, and it is all paid for by the taxpayer.
