And the swine of it is...

An employee at a Swine Flu call centre speaks out…

I have no reason to doubt the veracity of this tale.

As an encapsulation of UK governance and the rigour of media oversight that acts as a check and balance, it really is....[insert here]

All roads lead... er... that way... no... that way...

Leadership for the Nu Age: The definitive answer is Yes... or No.

Just watched on BBC Breakfast Mr. Burnham's on-air 'advice' regarding swine flu. If what he... er... 'said' is anything to go by, I don't hold out much hope for the value of his much vaunted swine flu 'advice line'.

Despite the interviewer's best efforts, he committed to, and hence said nothing of substance or value. Pure fudge when discussing the nation trying to get clear direction.

Which begs the question of what a Secretary of State is for, and why they bother with such appearances.

I am sure lessons have been learned, though.

And I'll bet Mr. Brown is just 'furious'. Again. Management by reactive anger. New Nokias, please, Ball-boy!

I asked the missus how we should 'consider our going into public places'.

She asked me what on earth I was talking about. Indeed. I said a senior member of Gordon's GOAT herd had shared this pearl of well-directed leadership.

Bless.

Us.

ps: How well qualified/trained for this role is the young Mr.B, in light of our country's Home Secretary role being entrusted to another such competent and confident a GOAT in recent times.

Maybe Sarah Brown as Minister for Tweeting, and then over to Climate Change and on to Defence by the end of the year before her Jimmy Choos get too troubled by all this knowing a blind thing about the department you run and its responsibilities?

Guardian - Conflicting swine flu advice for women causes chaos -

Speaking of troughers

Swine Flu Update

His daughter, and my dear old Mum.

Almost killed off by the system until I behaved very badly to get her into a hospital to be stabilised and then out asap into ’self-funded’ care.

I despair for all, and especially for the sandwich generation trying to deal with both. Then more so our kids as they inherit Gordon’s prudent legacy for mine.

‘Envy of the world’, we’re told, by various ‘trust us’ organs, from Guv to Aunty.

I. DON’T BELIEVE. ANY. OF. YOU. ANY. MORE!

Better Late...?

I found it...interesting... that today we at last had through the letterbox our Swine Flu advice leaflet.

Maybe we should read it, but it's hard to imagine what it can tell us we don't already know.

And what the money it cost could have been used for.

BBC - NEW - Human noses too cold for bird flu - 'May' it not, indeed?

Too many in the media, with too much money, trying to fill too much time, with not enough skill or sensible oversight being deployed at almost any level. IMHO.

Yet the whole silly charade grinds on, getting ratings pumping up, and then shooting down the very thing they have stirred.