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For Clarity - Attempt 415.
415) From, "No Such Thing As Society" To "No Such Thing As Transparency Or Accountability."
To the Business Secretary,
Dear Mr Javid,
David Cameron said of Tony Blair, "You were once the future."
It was a statement of intent and implied that the New Labour Brand had run its predictable course and that he, David Cameron, was about to sweep the stable clean and deliver a new golden age of property owning prosperity underpinned by transparent and accountable government.
Francis Maude, the Cabinet Secretary waxed lyrical on the subject of "transparency."
Most notably at Lancaster House, London on the 15th June 2013 when he announced to the world,
"We are at the beginning of a global movement towards transparency."
Global world transparency!
But sadly for the consumer, not at Ombudsman Services, where the world transparency movement by-passed them at Warrington - and China come to think of it, Russia isn't too hot on transparency either, it is non-existent at the CHC Hub in Plymouth and as for North Korea...
And if that wasn't impressive enough for Francis Maude, he continued with,
"Transparency is at the heart of the UK's reforming agenda."
Really? When we tried putting his fine words to the test by writing to him to complain about The RICS "appointed" Ombudsman Services:Property absolutely nothing happened. Sadly, but unsurprisingly, he failed to deliver on his promise of a Tory governmental reforming agenda on transparency - he simply didn't reply. So no transparency there. Ombudsman Services executives just went on with their maladministration of consumers' complaints as if nothing had happened and that was because nothing had happened to stop them.
There was no heart - just a swinging brick.
His Lancaster House speech seems to have been the beginning, middle and end of Tory transparency and now apparently because of troublesome journalists all making Freedom of Information Act requests in forlorn attempts to uncover what on earth is going on at Ombudsman Services, FoA requests are to become a thing of the past having once been such an important part of Tony Blair's future.
On the one hand Prince Charles has access to highly sensitive cabinet documents okayed by the Cabinet Secretary on the other our Freedom of Information Act request concerning Ombudsman Services, was refused.
There really is one law for the rich and powerful and another for the rest of us.
The lamps are going out all over Whitehall we shall not see them lit again in the lifetime of David Cameron's government. The RICS' "political influencing" and "engagement work" - or lobbying to the rest of us - is set to become a blueprint for those opaque vested interests wishing to operate "behind the scenes" and away from any scrutiny, transparency and accountability whatsoever.
We agree with the Cabinet Secretary that the world's democratic future really should be about global transparency and internationally agreed standards of corporate governance and business integrity. Otherwise markets will continue to be rigged at will and the easy profits spirited away to be hidden in off-shore bank accounts only to be re-invested in the world's hottest property markets such as London.
It makes finding a home and keeping it that much harder for the rest of us.
David Cameron, the man who bottled out of the live televised debates in the lead-up to the last election (after his Cabinet Secretary had trumpeted to the world the incredible transparency of the UK government) and who then went on to sneeringly accuse those who disagreed with his contradiction riddled case for bombing Syria - as terrorist sympathisers - has certainly redefined the meaning of "integrity." (yet another new word for the dictionary Ricky Tomlinson sent him for Christmas)
Hilary "Bomber" Benn, these people hold our democracy in contempt - new speech please.
Q. Mr Javid, for clarity, should we now redirect our complaint about Ombudsman Services' maladministration of consumers' complaints and contempt for civil justice to HRH Prince Charles?
The Ombudsmans61percent Campaign is seeking:
- answers from Vince Cable,
- answers from Nick Clegg,
- answers from Francis Maude,
- Answers from Mark Prisk,
- answers from Jo Swinson,
- answers from Sajid Javid,
- a public inquiry into the working of Ombudsman Services (a company formerly trading as the Surveyors Ombudsman Services) and the role of The RICS,
- compensation for the victims of the ombudsman's illogical Final Decisions.
- compensation for the victims of executives' maladministration.
- the setting up of a truly "fair" and "independent" redress scheme free from RICS' malign influence.
Please comment or share your stories or information.
Thanks,
Steve Gilbert - The Ombudsmans61percent Campaign.
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