Brendan O'Connor

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14,242 appearances 153 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 4d ago

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Brendan O'Connor · The Newspaper Panel · 20 Sep 2026 podcast

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what difference have have the government measures made in the last couple of years? matched

And is this a hot button issue for uh your peers and generation? matched

Like is this something they could rear up about at some stage? matched

it'll be for someone else at that point. matched

Meanwhile, Fine, uh the business post front page state consultancy spend triples to five hundred and nineteen million, Daniel Murray is writing. matched

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you you you've worked across various sectors, right? matched

Has a culture developed in the world? matched

A lot of the time in the private sector, it's managers who are afraid to make a decision, call in the consultants or who don't want to do some dirty work, call in consultants. matched

Haha is consultancy li the becoming the giant vampire squid now that is has its tentacles everywhere? matched

And that seems to be the planning. matched

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So you're you're a computer, but we are r renowned for our fine civil service always, but maybe maybe the twenty first century requires a a re look at what constitutes our civil service. matched

looking at a piece uh about the Metrolink today and the idea that actually if we get started in doing one, we might do a bit more of it as well. matched

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You it Because definitely the i the interviews with the head of the metro today, if you believed it all, you'd be going, Jesus, this is the best thing ever, it's going to transform everything and it's going to be a good thing. matched

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