When their subject is dominating the general election debate
in the media and among ordinary citizens, what could a public management
academic possibly complain about?
Well, don’t get me wrong, I'm not bellyaching at all.
Democracy doing its job ought to be celebrated, even when the news for the
public services is hardly cheering.
But... (and you knew there’d be one...) it’s not at all clear yet
that the politicians and journalists are focusing on all the big issues of
public management that will really matter during the 2015-2020 parliament. Let’s
start with those cuts which will follow the general election, as soon as a
government is formed and its budget is prepared.
