Well when I listened to Radio 4's You and Yours today, I
found the most pertinent difference was one of language. Winifred Robinson is an
excellent presenter who always seeks clarity and is really good at winkling it
out of her interviewees. The big problem with the interview with David Behan was
that she spoke in English, the language of most of her listeners, I guess, and
he persisted in speaking in gobbledygook, aka management-speak/jargon, despite
all her efforts to get him to engage in a meaningful exchange. It doesn't augur
well. When the next ghastly incidences of cruelty and incompetence inevitably
occur in a care home or similar place of torture/care of the vulnerable, the
relatives and others concerned about the welfare of the innocent victims will
all be complaining, writing, speaking or weeping in English, and will be bewildered by his agency's
bureaucratic lingo. Except that I'm sure they'll recognise that it's bugger-all
to do with Care, in any sense of the word. - Judge for
yourself. - You can 'Listen now' from this page.
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