“The Country Is Run By Civil Servants!” | ‘No Democratic Accountability’ For The Blob

Talk’s Nick de Bois is joined by former Conservative peer and writer Matt Ridley to discuss the General Election.
Matt says that whoever wins the election, the Civil Service will run the country.
"Their accountability is not as democratic as it should be. Ministers are constrained in how much they can influence what happens in the country,” he adds.
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[@joycawthorne8215]

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[@willhall4037]

We are five times as crowded as France! Who did this to us??? Vote Reform and Get some sense.

[@karenmiles1984]

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[@pholdway5801]

N G O is a recipe for slackness. It is "extract the digit" day for you lot !

[@stevev238]

HEAR HEAR

[@pholdway5801]

Their main exit is communist town called Calais or something Their leader is a lefty anyhow

[@Chris987-ew3qp]

Artificially increasing the population via mass migration ruins the environment and the economy (too many consumers chasing too few resources). After the Great Plague of the Middle Ages, which reduced the total population of Europe by a massive 1/3, living standards for the poor improved and workers were able to organize into trade unions for the first time ever! If the total population of Europe were comprised of only 1 million native Europeans, each European would enjoy an extremely high standard of living!

[@percival74898]

Vote Reform!!! Keep Labour out!!!

[@davidroyston1671]

Until the civil service is cleared out nothing will change

[@pholdway5801]

The legend of the Augean stables was not about horse xxxx, it was cows in these stables , so clearing the civil service stables will get rid of cow and bull xxxx Poetic Even better there is the river Thames just near.

[@jsd8981]

Totally agree...

[@jobro1511]

Vote Reform UK

[@JANICEJANILLY]

If they don’t do what they are supposed to then sack them

[@ST-jq]

You can't, they will take their case to a tribunal and win, sorry. Retired civil servant here.

[@user-zi8lx5fw1w]

public sector workers are unsackable that's the key problem with Britain

[@user-zi8lx5fw1w]

according to Tice, Reform will change this.

[@boota1979]

@@user-zi8lx5fw1w Not a chance.

[@simonjones2240]

Sorry but if an employer refuses to obey a reasonable instruction they can bf dismissed and will not win at a tribunal!

[@russferris9149]

vote reform you've got nothing to lose this country can't get any worse

[@sar7440]

Very good point . I will be voting Reform and I'm doing it for my granddaughter.......I don't want her living under Islamic rule / having to cover up and have no rights.

[@michaelsrowland]

It can get a lot worse under labour. Expect 5 million immigrants a year plus amnesty for all the illegals here

[@wendyholland2339]

Vote REFORM

[@BigBenn2014]

The mainstream political elite will never give us the proper Brexit we voted for. I hope 17.4 million people vote Reform.

[@gbentley8176]

Viscount Ridley is no fool. He speaks with integrity and tells a straight story. He is a man for Reform in my view.

[@boota1979]

@gbentley8176 The good old Ridleys such a lot in common with the average person...

[@christinecarty636]

IF YOU VOTED TO LEAVE THE EU PLEASE BE ONE OF THE 17.4 M PEOPLE TO VOTE REFORM UK FOR THE PEOPLE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND OUR VETERANS 🙏🙏❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧💯💯💯💯

[@susannamarker2582]

In the UK, Parliament is sovereign, not the constitution. We don't need Blair's american Supreme Court. The Law Lords should be put back where they were. Were they doing a bad job before May 1997 ? No.

[@gbentley8176]

Spot on. Blair is the architect of much that is wrong with the UK. Everything slips off his shoulders....

[@susannamarker2582]

@@gbentley8176 It does seem that Blair rigged the system away from the Sovereignty of Parliament, where my vote and yours was actually worth more before all this blarite architecture came swimming into place.

[@aalan4296]

@@gbentley8176 100% - everything goes back to him - remember "New Labour - New Danger"...if only the country had listened.

[@Dodger0103]

@@aalan4296 Remember what goes around comes around and it is about to happen again. Sir Kier Starmer will be the sidekick of the President of the USA and do what Blair did and cuddle up close whoever.

[@jdg9999]

Yep, notice how leftists are allowed to trash our centuries old system, then conservatives are accused of being "extremists" for trying to put ot back how it was.

[@Chris987-ew3qp]

The problems with housing-shortage, NHS-health-services-shortage, soaring knife-crime - ALL are caused solely by mass migration, which is one issue.

[@michaelsrowland]

The nhs problem is due to unhealthy eating by the population together with a sedentary lifestyle

[@tomknight7015]

Just watch “Yes Minister” & “Yes Prime Minister” from the 80’s and you will see who runs the country and have a laugh as well.

[@pholdway5801]

The script made me wonder where the inspiration came from

[@elkpaz560]

The difference then is that they were conservative, now they're communist.

[@mbpinder]

Tony Blair has a lot to answer for.

[@joycegibbs5267]

he is evil

[@mbpinder]

@@joycegibbs5267 Oh yes!

[@FiveLiver]

Civil Serpents

[@pholdway5801]

snakes in the grass

[@JulieMalone-oy1ll]

Under the labs you will own nothing

[@jsd8981]

Under the Cons / Tory Party there will be nothing left to own...

[@ruthcollins2841]

The civil serpents are graduates who were taught in ideologically biased universities! I'd sack ALL who have PPE degrees & ONLY employ those WITH 10 years WORK EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE OF ALL POLICITICAL AREAS!😊

[@davidclarke1705]

I agree totally.

[@John-gy1bd]

All the top jobs are taken by ex university brainwashed wokey lefties . Until that ends we have a very serious problem

[@1amjapan]

I think you also have a permafrost of entitled middle class midwits clogging up the likes of NHS England and all the other quangos.

[@user-jp5hr9tn9h]

Vote reform to stop the madness!!!

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[@oldshiny3012]

100% been like it for yrs but covid truly highlighted it

[@gbentley8176]

Ridley lifted the lid on Covid; read his book on its origins.

[@boota1979]

@oldshiny3012 Try a 194 years.

[@andrewhartley3]

That's why we need Reform UK to kick ass

[@NPC--666]

Labour and conservatives are the blob

[@jayggg]

The Government has primacy. There are no excuses or anyone to blame. If they don't like something they can change it. The problem is they all lack balls and backbone!

[@pholdway5801]

Even worse, some have ovaries too.

[@Valhalla-or8mx]

Have said this for years...civil servants are in charge of this country and no one seems capable of doing anything about it...

[@ML-xh1go]

WELL ! it’s clear to me that the civil service need changing, they were not voted in to do anything ,they are paid by the public to do the job that the people vote for. Bring back Cummings he would sort the lot out,LAWS NEED TO BE CHANGED.

[@mikecollins1681]

The problem with the Civil Service is that they do NOT support the best interests of this country and do anything they can to cause further unrest, there are too many foreigners imposing their views and requirements involved also !!!

[@roysimpson9711]

Surely the possibility of getting our country back on an even keel should excite everyone including Labour and Tory voters Vote Reform

[@luliluli1471]

It's socialism after all folks. Isn't it?😊

[@songsmith31a]

Shouldn't the heading be "The Country is Ruined by Civil Servants"??

[@bye-72]

Move the civil service out of London. We need normal people working in the civil service, not liberal metropolitan elites. Vote reform 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@endrefidje5698]

The comedy "Yes, Prime Minister" comes to mind ... 🤔

[@traceyrhoden9808]

Time to get rid of the woke civil service

[@Janabulosity]

There are no Indigenous Brits in the Civil Service

[@pholdway5801]

Please provide fuller details. We are all very interested.

[@traceyrhoden9808]

​@@pholdway5801been a picture in one of the papers...

[@pholdway5801]

@@traceyrhoden9808 about what and in which news (propaganda)paper.Please tell

[@user-fu4iw5dx3f]

​@@pholdway5801what are you struggling to understand

[@traceyrhoden9808]

@@pholdway5801 it was one of the papers on line... dont remember ,but do remember seeing the picture

[@JackSmith-hx8zh]

My view is that no-one should be given full British citizenship or the vote unless they're born from at least one British citizen or their family has been settled in this country for at least 3 generations. Over the last 40 years foreign born political and religious activists are tearing shreds in a society that has been delicately woven over a thousand years.

[@squirepraggerstope3591]

Which 'classes' of people were described as not able to vote? Peers and criminals? Not quite. It was peers, criminals AND the insane, actually!

[@davidclarke1705]

I have been the same thing for years, we have the liberal left establishment who think, they should govern and we the plebs should do as we are told. They hated Brexit and have fought it for years, and now with Starmer likely to PM, are to overturn it over a period of time. They hated when Boris won a massive and sought to get rid of him, he did what the people wanted and was popular (as the other creature of the establishment stated, 'we must reject popularist politicians, i.e listen to the establishment politicians only), they hated it when the Tory membership voted for Truss, rather then establishment creature Sunak, so they sound got rid of her and got their man in, even if he is useless. To quote Oliver Anthony from his song 'Richmen North of Richmond', a brilliant song that spoke for the silent majority in America and the world (worth a listen), the line in the song goes "they (the rich and the political classes) want total control" and that sums the liberal left establishment in the UK and throughout the world to the people.

[@tonygreenfield7820]

The Courts used to interpret the statutory law on the basis of the legislative intent. They made it clear it was not for the judges to create law in the same manner as the elected politicians. How times have changed.

[@frasermitchell9183]

As the saying goes - "it doesn't matter who you vote for, the government always get in"

[@patricklyons1863]

Please watch the documentaries "Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister" for more details.

[@pholdway5801]

Your Disobedient Servant... a FACTUAL book written about these slackers decades ago.

[@Darkwintre]

Those series have become remarkably apt!

[@bullet-catcherhohoho250]

No Reform candidate for Epping Forest - so have voted for Ed Pond, Independent - Looking at what he stands for is more or less what Reform stands for - He's got my Vote.

[@Rattlerbrand]

we need a civil service reduction and someone to take control , vote reform ,this country needs it

[@StephenCrossland-im6wx]

Truth !!! REFORM in both possible meanings is required urgently.

[@warmbrucuriosity]

Pass a law abolishing the Supreme Court. We managed without it for nearly 1,000 years. In reality, politicians like the excuse that they are powerless to act. That way they can't be blamed.

[@Jo-sp5cp]

Vote Reform and they'll get rid of this fith column.

[@Jo-sp5cp]

80 seat majority we gave them they could've sorted the civil service and the quangos. They are part of the swamp.

[@tbone35453]

For all his faults, Dominic Cummings at least understood the problem with the civil service. Unfortunately, Boris's wife didn't like him so he obeyed her and betrayed the British people.

[@anomadhunter]

The decline of the tories is all Carries fault

[@dawnwilliams6061]

Absolute rubbish!! No one liked Cummings, he thought he was PM.

[@nicholasmorrill4711]

Yes try get our freedom of speech upheld when the public library service bans you.

[@debbiedion5731]

Now we know why there is no real leadership in parliment 😢

[@peterbryant6156]

Nice of the Civil Servants to take the blame for the mess we are in.

[@alastairharris1866]

this is correct. The Country is preparing to take power back!

[@stevenvater2681]

An excellent podcast, Lord ridley always been a national treasure

[@user-ic9lt9fw2d]

So now lets look closely at the insider trading that goes on with civil servants - its not just politicians

[@christinecarty636]

What we need in uk is people in government job's for the people children and grandchildren and our veterans of uk 🇬🇧

[@Tackytiger74]

Good grief...Just watch an episode or two of "Yes Minister"...It's an education...

[@andrewturner2354]

Sorry. I confused. I thought parliament was sovereign ?

[@pholdway5801]

First hand over your sovereigns, then you get the laws you want

[@rhysjaggar4677]

The City of London Corporation certainly doesn't answer to Parliament, it's completely the other way around.

[@colynnburrell]

Yes Civil Servants NOT BORN IN UK.

[@anomadhunter]

Would be good to publish demographic profiles of the BLOB employees

[@peteraston4753]

Been saying this since 1970

[@peterstephenson9538]

Vote Reform. Donate to Reform now.

[@drd6416]

Shouldn't that be RUIN not run?

[@paulinemoorhouse3856]

My dad told me that in 1960. I didn’t understand what he is talking about but I do now.

[@juliemaddern]

Of course it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was brought up knowing this

[@jdg9999]

Abolish all quangos. ALL.

[@thegeneralmitch]

You can't remove the politics from anything, only move around where the politics gets played.

[@williammckeen5233]

Well spoken

[@1984Scholsey]

Why do you think the Argentina president took an axe to their civil service.

[@user-cs1dt2xw4c]

Yes , and look at the state of the country.

[@williammerritt6137]

WHAT HE is REALLY SAYING IS we are being run by UN- elected politicians even though we have left after BREXIT, THEY should all be sacked if they do not conform to OUR WISHES VOTES.

[@djnefario4566]

Reform!

[@user-cn2uh1jy4e]

True.

[@roberttreborable]

I have also come to the same conclusion, now that STARMER has got rid of Labour's left wing, the Civil Service are happy to let Starmer be Prime Minster for a short while.

[@victorgrainger895]

If they have "no power", what is the point of them!? I just cannot believe what I heard here, in this video ! The country should apologise to the Home Secretaries who tried to stop the boats. No wonder they couldn't - we MUST leave the ECHR

[@user-fu4iw5dx3f]

Reform voters have understood this for years, now you know why they are becoming so popular

[@paulcawley6330]

All roads lead back to Bkair/Brown.

[@katrinawilliams1402]

Argentina have the answer.

[@christophersmith3248]

You can't sack them, they'll tie you up in legal disputes about contracts. Just reduce the funding, slowly but incrementally untill the message gets through, you can keep your job but there's no money.

[@adrianappleyard4005]

Good interview. 😊

[@frederickstjohn8069]

Explains why nothing get done.

[@paulthomas-hh2kv]

Remove the Wokes

[@andydavies5817]

The Tories have had a 80 seat majority for the last five years they should have used it instead of squandering it like they have!

[@user-fu4iw5dx3f]

Did you watch the video?

[@Tj930]

The whole thing is wrong. The purveyors of Discrimination, Exclusion and Incrimination ("DEI") need to be held to their espoused standards. We need "reparations" from them. They need to hand back the unearned money they have taken in salaries and expenses. If this needs to be done at gunpoint, it would be a shame, but what must be done must be done.

[@AllodialTitle]

And Freemasonry is Rife.

[@MyMccarron]

THEY ARE EMPLOYED BY THE GOVERNMENT

[@michaelsrowland]

Why do these people always wear shirts and not t shirts?

[@heliotropezzz333]

It's no good trying to deflect blame onto the Civil Service. It's always government Ministers who have responsibility and who make the final decisions. The Civil Service just executes those decisions or attempts to, even if the decisions are bonkers, but the government can't expect the Civil Service to break the law for them. That's against the Civil Service Code and against the Ministerial Code also.

[@peterstephenson9538]

maybe we need to take the politics out … but outsourcing decision making has put the politics in, well and truly, on the side of the left and bureaucracy and the ever expanding state

[@RonTodd-gb1eo]

With the Tories in power the unelected part of power works against the elected part of power. With Labour in power the elected part of power and the unelected part of power will work together. Things can only get worse.

[@pholdway5801]

Civil ? are you extracting the yellow waters of hilarity or summat' ?I have a copy ofa book entitled Your Disobedient Servant, YE GODS, the slack, indifferent shiny trousered ,blame denying , asset wasting ,noodles.

[@RuneRelic]

12/10

[@paulslater9061]

Well change it it's not rocket science

[@tonyblakemore2355]

Let's be clear about the Civil Service here. The nefarious group in London is the Senior Civil Service. I am a Civil Servant but, I would not want to be grouped with that shadowy shower in the capital. I am loyal to the nation, served 33 years in the Army, and suffer their left wing folly like you do.

[@carltontweedle5724]

Why no accountability for MPs or PMs, keep blaming the civil servants, the members of the house of commons are the servants of the people. They serve us we do not serve them. They have forgotten who rule the people.

[@MicheleLLOYD-bk2mt]

Democracy….. ahhh. Don’t you just LOVE IT ! ? A land where government DOES what the people actually WANT & NEED ! Oh dear…You NEVER had that mate. NEVER will. BECAUSE…You have the WRONG political system. Maybe it was a good idea 300 years ago, but not for today nor tomorrow. It generally attracts the wrong sort of people for a start!. I mean, just look at their schoolyard behaviour where “point scoring” put-downs of other elected members of parliament is considered a “win”! Essentially most of them are “bully salesmen” who try to persuade and bribe you, that ONLY THEIR ideas are great (vote for MEEEE). Sadly, ALL parties do the same - Was designed to be like that !! The notion that ALL the PEOPLE HAVE CLEAR NEEDS is not even considered!!. Another childhood dream is that “Competition” yields the best results! This has some truth, but only in the very short term!. COOPERATION YIELDS THE BEST CONTINUOUS SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENTS. JUST PROGRESS LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE Establish a national “Register of Visions” summarising the Will of the People. (Health, Housing, Education, Employment, Crime & Safety, Drugs, Immigration, Taxation, Societal Cohesion, Foreign Affairs, Welfare, Trade & Industry, etc etc ). A register Established at census time for each Voter - with real-time Web access for timely updates like Gaza, Ukraine etc etc ad nauseam. And don’t worry, AI will make short work of creating a succinct coherent unambiguous statement of requirements from the millions of Vision submissions! Certainly a BETTER WAY for the Nation. (Unless of course you are already part of the 1% thriving/thieving elite , then yes, you will experience a relative decline in your unwarranted privilege, decadence and legalised theft!). At the moment, China looks remarkably democratic when compared with you lot !

[@robertwatson9940]

Correct the civil service run the country.Politcians cant do anything.Well they could spend money improving the pavments.And fill in pot holes.They have two weeks left.

[@paulslater9061]

Have you noticed now we know Tories won't win it suddenly doesn't make a difference who wins 😂😂😂😂

[@socratesarvanitakis8547]

As we used to say in the old times about neo-liberals and revisionists, on the basic Bolshevik party concept of democratic centralism: Too much democracy and not enough centralism. Of course people like yourselves would call it "democratic deficit" won't you?

[@barrowwraith1687]

Told ya, told ya 1997 told ya in 2006 & 2019, did ya listen Na............... more fool you

[@paulbuckingham15]

No tish Sherlock.

[@user-uo2qs3ys7e]

Your better off with a Labour government

[@sar7440]

Creeping Islam

[@Many4199]

Fully russian paid online troll army with trite cringe inducing comments below… enjoy

[@BIBIWCICC]

I think it’s more Israel than the civil service.