tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467535.post2702293260989467226..comments2023-11-02T02:40:28.264-07:00Comments on They Got Me Over A Barrel: The Mirror is NOT a Crystal Ball... You couldn't make it up. J Mark Doddshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11800542445712331202noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467535.post-81411753123332994692017-03-29T03:39:02.011-07:002017-03-29T03:39:02.011-07:00Besides that Newby's CV alone should have excl...Besides that Newby's CV alone should have excluded him from the post. It wasn't. That he got the job is not evidence of conspiracy it's evidence of poor process and an overview of the pub sector by important people that discounts the value of pubs to the people who run them, the people and the places they serve. Because Important People understand pubs imperfectly - they don't by and large use pubs as their fundamental social networks. When they do use pubs it's for unusual dress down occasions - and when they go to shithole pubs they think, as they are supposed to, 'this pub doesn't deserve to survive, it is a shithole' because they do not understand for a moment why the pub has been run into the ground and is not actually fit for purpose ... J Mark Doddshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800542445712331202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467535.post-23975527557135150362017-03-29T03:34:30.609-07:002017-03-29T03:34:30.609-07:00Rubbish. I don't believe for a moment in '...Rubbish. I don't believe for a moment in 'conspiracy'. Of course there isn't conspiracy - what is happening is simply clear evidence of how a Status Quo remains in place.<br /><br />Information is controlled by the people with the power and money and that is, of course, the pubcos - the story of the pub sector is that. <br /><br />WE the lessee publicans have almost no voice. We are like gnats in a big herd of elephants going about their business crushing the undergrowth. <br /><br />J Mark Doddshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800542445712331202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467535.post-40510543781425407362017-03-20T02:50:43.559-07:002017-03-20T02:50:43.559-07:00So your position seems to be that various minister...So your position seems to be that various ministers and civil servants, the appointments panel, the Commissioner for Public Appointments, Fleurets, the pub companies and family brewers were all involved in a conspiracy to appoint Mr Newby as the PCA.<br /><br />Well if you say so I suppose it must be true, although there is, of course, absolutely no evidence of such a conspiracy.<br /><br />Non Labour but fascinated.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05814664786703341901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467535.post-83394288415652921732017-03-19T18:31:49.425-07:002017-03-19T18:31:49.425-07:00You appear to consistently deliberately miss the p...You appear to consistently deliberately miss the point which is a scam is designed to con everyone involved into believing that the reality is something it's not. <br /><br />IF Newby actually applied for the job his CV should have automatically disqualified him for the post. The likelihood is he was found, after a long scouring of the landscape for someone sympathetic to the situation, in as much as they wanted someone who'd keep the code in safe hands and not rock the tied sector boat. Government has been obfuscating all along, from blocking all attempts to democratically get the tie abolished following ten years of tedium while Select Committee enquiry after SC enquiry found pubco's should be regulated government kept passing the ball to 'self regulation' and awaiting another enquiry to see if there had been any changes to the pubco tenants relationship,to trying to block the Commons #voteforpubs in 2014 with a three line whip. The government is clearly in the pocket of pubco's and family brewers as no evidence is enough and no number of Select Committees would EVER be enough to convince government to take action. We got MRO through the government's back door by forcing it into the Small Business Bill and government tried frantically to block it. The last thing a government appointed recruitment agency is expected to be is objective. They wanted a stooge and they found it in Paul Newby. He was needed to fill the post as 'one of our men' a placeman. And Newby needed to get off Fleurets' payroll to reduce pubco's exposure to risk as they ramp up their bullying, lying, cheating, mugging and asset stripping Britain's unique social and cultural heritage . <br /><br />The evidence for all of this is pretty much irrefutable. Objectively his CV alone should disqualify J Mark Doddshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800542445712331202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467535.post-45259731226364835682017-03-15T03:37:47.672-07:002017-03-15T03:37:47.672-07:00I think this paragraph from the Caterer article is...I think this paragraph from the Caterer article is pertinent:<br /><br />"A Pubs Code Adjudicator spokesperson said: “We understand that some members of the Pubs Advisory Service are planning to visit Birmingham on March 15. The Adjudicator hopes that they will take up the offer he has made repeatedly to meet and talk about making the Pubs Code work for tenants. We have offered the PAS a date for a meeting and an opportunity to discuss the agenda in advance; to date that offer has not been taken up. The door remains open and we would urge PAS to put hostility aside and meet for a constructive discussion.”"<br /><br /><br />Jaw-jaw always better than war-war!Non Labour but fascinated.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05814664786703341901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467535.post-42741346177664510062017-03-15T02:29:09.634-07:002017-03-15T02:29:09.634-07:00The appointment of the Pubs Code Adjudicator was o...The appointment of the Pubs Code Adjudicator was open to all applicants. The appointment brief is here:<br /><br />https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Pubs-Code-Adjudicator-Appointment-Brief-FINAL-030815..pdf<br /><br />Further the appointment process was subject to the following code of practice:<br /><br />http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Code-of-Practice-20121.pdf<br /><br /><br />And finally "...The Commissioner for Public Appointments, Peter Riddell, also considered the matter and has confirmed his view that nothing was hidden and that there had been a proper, transparent process. He is also satisfied that the panel was entitled to conclude that Mr Newby has no such conflicts of interest..."<br /><br />https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-01-26/debates/3BFDCAEB-1F96-44A0-BAA9-FC797930D9D0/StatutoryPubsCodeAndPubsCodeAdjudicatorNon Labour but fascinated.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05814664786703341901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467535.post-70781569253883464802017-03-14T22:53:12.111-07:002017-03-14T22:53:12.111-07:00Although not directly involved in the pub trade an...Although not directly involved in the pub trade any more (Punch Taverns saw to that very nicely....) I continue to watch progress - or, rather, the lack of it - in the tied sector. I fear it is still awash with dodgy people/dealings that continue the destruction of our wonderful British Institutions, the local pubs. It is incredibly disheartening and I am thankful that there are still people like Mark and his colleagues who keep gnawing away at the issues on behalf of us all.Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251390685730697346noreply@blogger.com