Anybody Sorry For Her?

[youngmafbog]

http://news.sky.com/story/1620654/hmrc-boss-to-quit-following-criticism-by-mps

Can anyone tell me why this failure of the MWSD department got a Dame?

[Canary42]

Ask the Tory PM. He's master of the Old School Club.

[retrocop]

Thats the way it works in government nowadays. You get rewarded for failure unless,of course,you are at the bottom of the ladder and then all pooh drops in your lap.
Didn't make a very good job of Immigration and Borders either.

[Svejk]

Terrible woman.

[sunny-dave]

?MWSD?

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/MWSD

Anyone care to pick the right one?


[ and yes - the woman is a disaster area and should not have benefited from DC's "old chums club" honours system ]

[mikey4444]

Not in the slightest !

"In November, it was confirmed that HMRC plans to close many of its 170 tax offices nationwide in favour of 13 regional centres"

This wouldn't have connection with the fact that it is now next to impossible for any of us to contact the HMRC would it ?

"HMRC's record on tackling offshore tax evaders under Dame Lin's leadership was placed under scrutiny last autumn, after it emerged there had only been 11 prosecutions over five years"

Good riddance.

[Islay]

This woman is poison!

Last year she got a 20% payrise whist her lower grades of staff suffered yet another pay cut.

[Prudie]

I don't feel sorry for her at all- she will be retiring on a huge pension (and will have made sure her own personal tax queries are well and truly sorted).

As for how she got a Dame - these honours are nominated by fellow civil servants, it's the system and always has been.

[mikey4444]

Prudie...you are 100% right and I think the correct phrase is Buggins Turn !

[Prudie]

I had to google that term but spot on mikey. I've had first hand of it where I work - you nominate me this year and I'll do you next year.