Gordon Brown's Control Freak Enforcer and His 'Cappuccino and Soup' Instruction Manual for Civil Servants ; Cabinet Minister Liam Byrne Issues List of Edicts Worthy of a Diva
Mail on Sunday › November 16, 2008
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GORDON BROWN'S new Cabinet enforcer has issued an astonishing 11- page document to civil servants spelling out exactly how they should treat him.
In a series of detailed instructions that would embarrass the most demanding showbiz diva, Cabinet Office Minister Liam Byrne tells officials precisely what types of coffee he likes, and just when the drink should be served; exactly how his office should be laid out, with papers arranged just so; and how his diary must be cleared by Thursday evening so he can return to his constituency home for the weekend.See the full content of this document
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Gordon Brown's Control Freak Enforcer and His 'Cappuccino and Soup' Instruction Manual for Civil Servants ; Cabinet Minister Liam Byrne Issues List of Edicts Worthy of a Diva
The document, modestly entitled Working With Liam Byrne, reads like a script from the BBC's political sitcom The Thick Of It about the farcical control-freakery of New Labour in power.
Mr Byrne's list of do's and don'ts de...See the full content of this document
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