The polite brush off
There’s been more reaction to the Nottingham Crown Court murder case interpreter no-show last week (posts passim).
As previously mentioned, Northampton North MP Michael Ellis stated he was going raise the matter of Capita’s woeful service under its courts and tribunals interpreting contract with the Secretary of State for Justice, Christopher Grayling, as in Mr Ellis’ opinion the service was ‘out of control‘.
Mr Ellis has now contacted Chris Grayling, as has been reported by the Northampton Herald & Post:
Mr Ellis said Mr Grayling agreed to look into the matter.
He said: “Mr Grayling was concerned and said he would be looking into it and would take appropriate action in due course.”
In my experience, “looking into it” and “take appropriate action in due course” can be paraphrased as a “polite brush off“. If Mr Ellis doesn’t understand what a polite brush off is, in plainer language Grayling was actually saying: “I couldn’t give a toss“.
After all, Chris Grayling is far too busy at the moment taking the wrecking ball to criminal legal aid (posts passim) and trashing the probation service.
