Comments by "Anon Nemo" (@anonnemo2504) on "The Blob Has Taken Back Control of Britain & Is Destroying the Tory Right" video.

Great that we are going to have a parliamentary committee investigating the vitally important matter of the issues surrounding Phillip Schofield. What are the chances, I wonder, of one being set up to look into the matter of excess deaths, running at up to 20% above average for months now.
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The description, "Blob" also has connotations of laziness and general uselessness. On 18th November, 2022, HMCTS (His Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service), part of the Justice Department, received my application for a grant of probate to execute my late father's will. Not until 24th April, 2023, did a civil servant read it (they admit there was a period of over 5 months between their "scanning it in" and a "physical examination" of the documents - their words) and it was only after my telephoning them that they actually read the paperwork I had sent them all that time ago. Over three telephone calls, I have had to wait an average of half an hour to talk to anyone. The department's target for processing probate applications is 8 to 16 weeks, yet six and a half months have now passed since my application and I still have no grant of probate, nor any indication of when I may have. Laziness and unfitness for purpose have, of course, become endemic in the civil service over decades. It is unrealistic to expect the civil service to carry out even the most mundane of tasks on time and free of error. Shirking from home has, of course, exacerbated the problem. Other connotations of the word, "Blob", related to political obstructionism, have arisen more recently and should, probably give us far greater cause for concern. The civil service is bloated and unfit for purpose and needs radical reform.
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Yes, the chickens of decades of state comprehensive education have come home to roost. I consider myself fortunate to have been educated at a state grammar school where, not only did I receive a good education, compared to today's state offering, I was also taught how to think rather than what to think. Widespread state grammar school education was a tremendous force for upward mobility for children from less privileged backgrounds. Sadly, it was all thrown away by Labour governments in the sixties and seventies and never rescued by the Tories, despite their many promises.
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@jumblestiltskin1365 Yes, the will was straight forward and the estate was below the threshold for inheritance tax. Putting that to one side, however, the problem has arisen through no civil servant reading the documentation I had sent them for over 5 months (they admit this), and then only when I had telephoned them to chase progress. I also saw the deficiencies in the NHS for many years before my father passed, when he was in their "care". It is good to know, however, that some people within the NHS are aware of its problems. All the best to you.
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@neilg4208 Many thanks for the advice and information. It is much appreciated. The matter has been escalated twice within the HMCTS but no outcome has been communicated to me. I have rather given up on the prospect of any satisfactory resolution within the HMCTS and have made a complaint to my MP and to the Justice Secretary. In the meantime, some of my father's creditors have been pressing for settlement. Some of them, I have settled at my own expense but one of them is a nursing home with a rather large invoice that cannot be settled until probate is granted and funds may be released. Again, many thanks!
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@stuartofblyth Many benefitted in a similar way until Labour decided they needed to keep all these less well off kids in their place and to have them follow their parents in always voting Labour. Hence, the end of grammar school education for those who could not afford it.
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@anthonybartlett6924 Thanks for the advice. I'll bear that in mind. I don't hold out much hope of my MP getting any results. I have had dealings with him before (on another matter related to my father, before he passed) and he proved to be lazy and useless. Perhaps the Secretary of State for Justice will do better.
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@anthonybartlett6924 Many thanks. I greatly appreciate your advice. All the best to you!
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@anthonybartlett6924 Understood and thanks again.
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