David Maddox: Sir Ken vs Wee Eck
After the distinctly unimpressed reception that Holyrood's press pack have given to Sir Kenneth Calman and his Commission's interim report on what should happen to devolution, Labour spindoctors have felt the need to ride to Sir Ken's defence.
They have put out a little comparison between the Calman Commission (CC) and the SNP government's rival National Conversation (NC) - known to critics as the chatroom for cybernats - just to show why Sir Ken and his friends are apparently doing a much better job.
Written consultation:
NC: 1 consultation paper
CC: 2 consultation exercises
Responses to written consultation:
NC: Short comments on the blog
CC:Yes: all submissions on website
Academic evidence:
NC: No
CC: Yes - UCL and IEG
Formal oral evidence:
NC: No
CC: Yes: 38 sessions in public, webcast for most, transcript on website
Informal oral evidence:
NC: Unknown
CC: Yes - agreed notes available online
Direct public engagement:
NC: 4 ticketed events: focus on speeches, mixed feedback, footage and summaries on website
CC: 7 open public events: focus on listening, excellent feedback, summaries to be added to website this week Event with school in Dundee
Website:
NC: Separate statistics for the national conversation pages not published
CC: 70,000 over 5 months
Questionnaire:
NC: No
CC: Yes - popular on website, completed at public engagement events, public have requested hard copy questionnaires in response to leaflets and returned completed forms
Other e-activity:
NC: Audio visual of launch
CC: Webcast of formal oral evidence sessions, Video message, Facebook
Non e-activity:
NC: None
CC: Leaflet distributed across Scotland: positive take-up of leaflet
Papers:
NC: No
CC: Minutes and relevant papers all on website
They have put out a little comparison between the Calman Commission (CC) and the SNP government's rival National Conversation (NC) - known to critics as the chatroom for cybernats - just to show why Sir Ken and his friends are apparently doing a much better job.
Written consultation:
NC: 1 consultation paper
CC: 2 consultation exercises
Responses to written consultation:
NC: Short comments on the blog
CC:Yes: all submissions on website
Academic evidence:
NC: No
CC: Yes - UCL and IEG
Formal oral evidence:
NC: No
CC: Yes: 38 sessions in public, webcast for most, transcript on website
Informal oral evidence:
NC: Unknown
CC: Yes - agreed notes available online
Direct public engagement:
NC: 4 ticketed events: focus on speeches, mixed feedback, footage and summaries on website
CC: 7 open public events: focus on listening, excellent feedback, summaries to be added to website this week Event with school in Dundee
Website:
NC: Separate statistics for the national conversation pages not published
CC: 70,000 over 5 months
Questionnaire:
NC: No
CC: Yes - popular on website, completed at public engagement events, public have requested hard copy questionnaires in response to leaflets and returned completed forms
Other e-activity:
NC: Audio visual of launch
CC: Webcast of formal oral evidence sessions, Video message, Facebook
Non e-activity:
NC: None
CC: Leaflet distributed across Scotland: positive take-up of leaflet
Papers:
NC: No
CC: Minutes and relevant papers all on website
Labels: Calman Commission, David Maddox, National Conversation
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14:22
2 Comments:
Maddox Biased and partaking in partisan politics! NEVER!
Move along, their are only the rantings of a bitter mad man too look at....nothing too see here......
The Calman Commission got:
1. Responses to written consultation.
2. Academic evidence from UCL and IEG.
3. Formal oral evidence in 38 public sessions.
4. Informal oral evidence.
5. Direct public engagement with 7 open public events.
6. 70,000 hits on their website over 5 months.
7. A Questionnaire which was popular on the website and also returned in hard copy.
8. A Webcast of formal oral evidence sessions, a Video message and Facebook.
9. A Leaflet distributed across Scotland.
10. Minutes and relevant papers.
11. £500,000 of taxpayers' money.
And what to we get?
A report with no conclusions and no recommendations except, "Save the Union", and a f*ck off to the Lib-Dems their and their Steel Commission wet dreams of "Fiscal Autonomy" in the Union.
….PRICELESS!
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