All civil servants at the Care Quality Commission, which is responsible for regulating all health and social care services in England, have been handed a “practical guide to help colleagues reduce their carbon footprint while working from home.” Britain’s wokest and laziest quango strikes again…
Staff have been told the guide was written after three senior staff members completed “Carbon literacy training.” A bulletin went out last week:
“Jillian Marsden, Deputy Director of Strategy – Research and Evaluation, Antonia Rookley, Operations Manager – Adult Social Care, and Charlotte Rudge, Senior Specialist – Hospitals, joined forces earlier in the year to pull together the small steps we can all take to make a significant impact. As we mark Net Zero Week, there’s no better time to think about the everyday actions we can all take to help tackle climate change.”
Some of the recommendations of the guide are:
The quango said in its bulletin: “Remote working has become a normal part of life for many of us, and with it comes a huge opportunity. The choices we make at home can significantly reduce our environmental impact, support CQC’s commitment to reach net zero by 2030, and help us all play a part in the global sustainability movement.” Shut down all your work devices at 4:30 p.m. and have a snooze – it’s for the environment…
Co-author Rookley reflected on the guide: “For me, I learned that climate change often impacts those areas and populations already disadvantaged. But I also learned that climate action isn’t only about reducing emissions – it can also strengthen communities and improve resilience.” All the low-water plant people are a great laugh at the pub…
Civil servants are also told to “promote sustainability within CQC” with a “fantastic array of sustainability groups you can join” including Collective for Climate Action (CfCA), Civil Service Climate and Environment Network (CSCEN), and Civil Service Network for Nature. All active during work hours no doubt…
A report last year found seven in ten community social care services either have no CQC rating or one that’s out of date. They must be scratching their chins at why…
Statement by Paul Dacre, Editor-in-Chief of Associated Newspapers Limited, following Harry’s loss in court today:
“Prince Harry wrote a sad book which boasted about his killing of 25 Taliban, his drug-taking and, in cringe-making detail, how he lost his virginity. There isn’t a laundry in the cosmos big enough to wash all the dirty linen he has aired about his own family. For him, to complain about HIS privacy being invaded takes, not just the biscuit, but the whole tin. Poor Harry. I feel sorry for the way a confused and angry young man has been drawn into this case. The bitter irony is that his mother, Diana, liked the Mail. We were her paper. We took her side in her acrimonious break up with Charles. She and I would speak and meet. The Mail’s superb royal reporter was her friend and confidante. The truth is that this trumped-up action – which has cost well over £50 million and wasted a huge amount of valuable court time – should never have been brought to trial. That it did, raises profoundly disturbing questions about the conduct of elements of the legal profession. Today’s verdict is not just a victory for Associated’s magnificent journalists – several of whom have had a terrible toll imposed on their health and lives – but a free press generally. Make no mistake. This was a conspiracy, supported by Hacked Off, to destroy a paper. Financed by the orgy-loving, racist Max Mosley and involving the actor Hugh Grant, it was also a sinister bid to resuscitate Leveson Two and impose statutory regulation on the press which, even now, is rearing its ugly head in Labour’s Media Green Paper.”