Thanks to LBC radio. They were the only ones to highlight that heart of lobbying generals scandal is the corrupting influence of lure of retirement riches. The Sunday Times Insight team rightly trapped the retired top brass into expressing their contempt for the ramshackle committee that fails to block the abuse of the revolving door
Of course Tories are soft on lobbyists. Many new Tory MPs were lobbyists. Reforms delayed for 5 years to allow public purse to be looted.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond says procurement system is 'robust'. Ho. Ho. PASC said ACOBA should be dumped as a useless body that cannot enforce decisions Hammond denied influence of retired top brass on procurement. Why then do all defence firms shell out fortunes to get them on their boards.
One of the select committees I serve on demanded new restrictions on lobbying a few months ago. No lobbying reform yet by Cameron who forecast it would be the next major scandal. It is.
No remedy until 2015
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BTB spread to cattle & badgers in new areas with re-stocking after Foot and Mouth. That's science. Tories cannot believe that because it would blame on farmers. They do not do farmers blame. Easier to slaughter wildlife as an empty futile bloody gesture.
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