Politicians and Journalists Are in a Conspiracy Against the Public

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In opposition, [David Blunkett] was an eager defender of the doctrine that lay behind the Northcote Trevelyan reforms, angrily denouncing the Conservative government for what he called its 'creeping politicisation of the Civil Service'. In government he has taken the opposite attitude. Blunkett has been a contemptuous opponent of those, like the former Cabinet secretary Lord Wilson, who stood up for the integrity of officials.

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Politicians and Journalists Are in a Conspiracy Against the Public

The universal predicament which confronts the western world at the start of the 21st century concerns the breakdown of boundaries. Philosophers blur the distinction between good and evil; society no longer protects family life; sociologists applaud the collapse of class barriers; globalisation challenges national borders; postmodernism asserts that truth and fals...

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