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Asked if Louise Casey had said apologised, or whether she had spoken to the Prime Minister, the PMS said not as far as she was aware.

Asked if there was a problem with celebrity mandarins having a high profile, the PMS said she thought the journalist was referring to comments in Sunday newspapers. She reminded journalists that Ministers decided on policy and officials implemented policy.

Put to the PMS that as a civil service, Louise Casey had given a number of interviews and her colourful style had been widely documented, the PMS said that was the journalist’s own comment. Louise Casey implemented policy that was decided on by ministers. Asked why some civil servants were allowed to give interviews and speeches, the PMS said that some senior civil servants, as a result of their role, obviously had a higher profile than others. However they were civil servants who were implementing policies decided by ministers.

Put to the PMS that normally, civil servants were "seen and not heard", the PMS said again there were some civil servants who had a higher profile than others because of the nature of their role.

Asked if Louise Casey’s behaviour could be excused if she had been drunk, or did it make it worse, the PMS said she had set out the Prime Minister’s view this morning. The PMS said that people did not always need to take alcohol to say something they may regret later. When asked if Louise Casey was going to join the Big Brother House, the PMS declined to comment.

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After complaining about a neighbours constant partying once again I have been told that the police don’t even have ‘the power to knock on their door’ anymore. They may ‘drive past’, if they have the resources that is.

I have been given an ‘out of hours’ number for Environmental Health following my last complaint to them in October about these partying council tenants. I rang it tonight to be told the offices were shut, and finally put through to an unrelated line in the Forest of Dean. Apparently Gloucester doesn’t have a line set up for out of hours, when most noise pollution occurs.

So can someone tell me why, as I pack my bags again and wrap my son up as we head to a friends house for the night, how to solve this problem!?

The reason for the anti-social behaviour increase in the UK is because it is encouraged by the councils lack of commitment to its Environmental Health policy, and the removal of police powers. Are you really surprised at ‘Yob Rule’??? I mean really, what did the government expect?
Comment by C.Howe — 27 Dec 2006 on 9:42 pm | Link

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