Boston must go

David C

Balls the courageous:
"A big boy did it but I scared him off".

Pffut.

Nicholas

Boston should go and so should Balls. The man is an incompetent buffoon. He won't of course. New Labour don't do resignation - at least not in England.

Dave Rogers

To be fair to 'lads mags' Gove, despite that speech last week does seem he has got his act together on this one. he was chirping about this in May. he's dealt a blow to Balls here, which as we all know means a blow to Brown.

Mac

There's plenty more Balls pending; the destruction of the independent and grammar schools in the name of 'equality' and 100% As at A levels for all.
David C - Tsk, tsk, gramer and speling? Surely,
"a big boy dun it?" Innit?

Marian C

Ed No-Balls should be sacked with immediate effect and so should the other joker Ken Boston. It is an absolute disgrace that nobody is being held responsible. Whoever, signed the agreement/contract with ETS should be named and shamed.

David C

Soz, Macs

David Parker

Most Government departments are useless at contractual negotiations, its not their money so why should they care?
One of the problems is that many career civil servants sniffily regard commerce as something rather vulgar and infra dig. Few of those engaged in the legal departments of the various ministries are of the same calibre as the lawyers employed or retained by major contractors in the private sector: consequently, again and again, we see examples of the taxpayers being taken to the cleaners.
Ultimately is is, of course, the relevant Government Minister who, rightly, carries the blame. But this will never solve the problem unless the civil servants in responsible positions are themselves made to be more visably accountable and their careers and salaries more closely linked to their personal performances.

albert, son of a gypsy.

Our Man of Courage - the Prime Minister, who, if medals for hiding in a bunker were handed out, would get the VC!, set the trend for this discredited Government. They never ever resign. They are never,ever, to blame. That is why they have tried to set up so many quango's between them and the public.

They believe they are untouchable. Wait until the General Election! then they will find they are very much touchable and their arses will never sit on Government benches again. Indeed I doubt if they will sit on Palace of Westminster Benches again.

Should, in that happy event, Brown make the likes of Balls and wifey and co Lords and Ladies in the Upper House. I do hope Cameron has the good sense to 'modernise' the House of lords and kick out Prime Ministerial Appointments!!

Tankus

If Balls isn't responsible , then why are we paying him ?

Coito Ergosum

I quite agree that one might blame Ed Balls first and think about it afterwards, given his appalling track record.

But thinking about it afterwards, it looks like a classic case of the Treasury insisting on the absolute lowest tender, probably overruling objections from anyone who actually knew anything.

Cogito Ergosum

Coito, cogito.

Sorry for the typo, ladies and gentlemen.

DB

Coito Ergosum

Sex - that's all you ever think about.

Trumpeter Lanfried

Maybe no one can be persuaded to take the contract on next year?

Good-oh!