It seems that, for all the talk of austerity, Medway Council hasn’t quite got the memo that waste needs to be cut – and The Sunday Times has caught up with them.
According to the (linked) Atticus column, penned by Roland White, Medway Council is advertising for the author’s chosen “non-job” of the week – a [...]
Liam Byrne rightly observed in his passing note to his successor that there is no money left in this country, and yes that is a lot to do with Labour’s 13 years of squandering public funds.
But don’t for a second think that we are alone in this mess, as New Zealand satirist John Clarke explains. [...]
June 4, 2010 | Posted in
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The FT is reporting that public sector unions are to fight public sector cuts described by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg as “painful and controversial”.
Let’s be clear before I continue, however, that I have every sympathy for anyone losing their job, but, sadly, c’est la vie, as the French saying goes. Public sector jobs are [...]
Discount retailer 99p stores is to open its latest store in Gillingham High Street on Wednesday morning.
The popular discount chain is to open at 9am on Wednesday (17th June) on the site of the old Woolworths store, creating many jobs and providing a much-needed boost to the Gillingham economy.
However, news of the store’s imminent opening [...]
As most regular readers will be aware, I try to make as many of my posts as impersonal as possible. However, I will make exception for this next one.
I’ve had first-hand experience in the past of the dangers of writing blog posts in anger without pausing for thought, but right about now I’d very much [...]