Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s not necessary to be Angry also. Were you a Police Officer or Firefighter? Did you retire between 1998 and 2007? If the answer to the previous 2 questions is NO, you might as well stop reading now, this is not really for you. If the answer is YES, or you know somebody it might […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes A rare treat for you, a musical blog. David Camoron, we’ve had enough, WE’RE not gonna take it any more, and if you don’t do something about it you may find the results at the ballot box next May. I know you’ve been busy, I saw you on my telly box at Stonhenge the other
Reading Time: 3 minutes I’ve had ample time to calm down, my beta-blockers have all run out and my on-call psychiatrist has had a nervous breakdown. I have had time to take in IPSA’s recommendations for the future salaries and pensions for our illustrious politicians. It contains some absolute corkers in relation to the 11% pay rise and amended
Reading Time: 4 minutes People of Britain, (please note that I did not say Great Britain, because it’s long since stopped being Great), I have to report to you that Britain is Broken. The Police Service is broken. Broken by Winsor 1 and 2, broken by Theresa May, my right hand man, broken by our new Police and Crime
Reading Time: 2 minutes Just a Quickie today. Now where have I heard that before? What news was there on 11th July that stopped me seeing this? IPSA released it’s recommendations for MPs’ Pay and Pensions Briefly, these are the recommendations that up for consultation, a salary of £74,000 in 2015, indexed to average earnings in the whole economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Good morning folks, I woke up this morning to a right little Twitter Shit-Storm about Ethics. I’m sure you’ve seen it, how can you have missed it? I’m sure it’s reported everywhere this morning but our favourite news agency Pravda, sorry, I meant the BBC, have chosen to report it under the headline ‘Cut police
Reading Time: 6 minutes Nope, I haven’t gone mad and started promoting parliamentary committees. But I did get to wondering after Saturday’s blog, “I Am Disturbed“, about the thorny subject of ethics in the Houses of Parliament. We probably first started to doubt the ethics of our politicians when the now famous expenses scandal excrement hit the air conditioning
Reading Time: 2 minutes Oh no, sorry, I meant IDS (Iain Duncan Smith) IBS is obviously something completely different. You may have problems viewing today’s blog on a phone, normal service will be resumed soonly. I’ve listened to Iain Duncan Smith’s views and suggestions on various topics over the last few months with increasing incredulity, how arrogant can a
OK IBS I’ve had enough of you now, this time it’s personal Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Or Two Minutes and 50 Seconds to be precise. This was the length of time that Theresa May devoted to answering our questions at yesterday’s Home Affairs Select Committee meeting. I had had the temerity to submit the following question to the Committee “Given that Police Pensions must change and evolve, why are these changes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Are we? Are we really all in this together? I was reminded by a revered colleague that I had been remiss and missed an opportunity to criticise our wonderful government. Well, I didn’t really miss the opportunity I just Tweeted a succession of facts and comments about the issue, without, for once, thinking of blogging
