tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125653241615635488.post6119641833325280282..comments2024-01-18T20:42:30.221+00:00Comments on Thinking to some purpose: Writing a drug strategy is just like choosing a suitWill Haydockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00623145846257433457noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125653241615635488.post-85332329895025910702017-07-31T10:58:18.900+01:002017-07-31T10:58:18.900+01:00Yep, it's exactly the same as 'motherhood ...Yep, it's exactly the same as 'motherhood and apple pie', everyone agrees with that. It's an insult to the people who pay these civil servants' and politicians' wages. It's nothing except a collection of words that mean nothing. A computer could have written it.Peter Reynoldshttp://peter-reynolds.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125653241615635488.post-38750860087098381892017-07-28T18:46:21.441+01:002017-07-28T18:46:21.441+01:00I take your point that the words are platitudes, b...I take your point that the words are platitudes, but that's kind of my point: it's very hard to argue with the principle that treatment should be tailored to individual needs, and the groups listed should receive support if they need it. But that's what's so difficult about challenging it: how do you argue with the principle without seeming like you're opposed to what are unquestionably 'good' things (even if it's just empty promises)?Will Haydockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00623145846257433457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125653241615635488.post-20358361740577751302017-07-26T11:32:39.101+01:002017-07-26T11:32:39.101+01:00Quite seriously, I see no "sensible words&quo...Quite seriously, I see no "sensible words" in any of it. It's just a succession of meaningless platitudes straight of some socials worker's degree thesis. it's jargon, civil service doublespeak and a totally contrived deceit from beginning to end that it has anything all to do with 'evidence' or a realistic, worthwhile policy.<br /><br />It's a travesty of government and we should describe it as what it is - monumentally incompetent.Peter Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17531011269546393362noreply@blogger.com