Yet again the Police get the blame for the summer riots... So I guess its not the of feral thugs doing what they want!!!!

That Awful Public Sector....

Well here we go again... I am sick to death of the tired and boring comments by the gutter press attacking the public sector. So you don't want an NHS, Armed force, police etc....! Of course you do and the only way to make it viable is to run it courtesy of the Government. If it fell into the private sector, look at the the mess it would be in, prime example are the railways, the energy companies, water and sewerage to name some. Private industry has so many people to satisfy and the last one in line is the customer who foots the bill for it all.

And then the 'gold plated pensions'.... Yeah right!!!! Only the few get that and they are usually MP's or in the private sector - yes you bankers.... Go on stick it to the public sector and forget who the real culprits are in society's mess.....

Dog poo.....

Why do dogs produce so much faeces..? My dog produces about 4 lots a day, which I bag up and put away in a bag in the bin... This brings me on to why do people not do that in general...? Where ever I walk the dog, I always nearly step on or sometimes trip over a steaming pile due to some ignorant, lazy individual not cleaning up after themselves. Its not difficult, but to some people with big dogs especially it does seem so. And then the signs, loads everywhere indicating a fine for not picking up. Well I have not seen it enforced yet. But, hey with current public sector resources stretched to the limit with the austerity measures is it any reason why! So yet another of lifes petty little foibles the usual lazy, ignorant individual gets away with....

Here we go again.

Well I post this to myself on my not so popular blog (he-he). The cuts are biting hard, people are losing their jobs, pay is down, my pay is definitely down, we are now understaffed and getting overworked. You think the first to go would be diversity and quality - wrong - that stays, instead service is slipping and morale is all but gone amongst the people actually doing the job. One thing I would like to state finishing up, is if you don't do the job - STOP INTERFERING....

Removing public services..

Well, myself being a taxpaying public servant who does a little known but rather vital public service job are facing the stark reality of the ConDem cuts... This involves being given more work, for less pay, providing I still have a job, as it looks so likely I will have to reapply for the job I have been doing for the last XX years and where you cannot just do it overnight, it requires years of skill training as much as dedication. Boo-Hoo you all cry, you have your 'gold plated' pension.. Well my friends , contrary to popular belief, for what I have witnessed, there is a lot of keen and good people in the public service, who carry out vital jobs, which most of the general populous would turn their nose up at as either being 'dirty' or 'c**p' pay.. So in essence, if I have a job to go to after reapplying, my pay will be lower, I'll have to work till I am 66 and my pension will be poor to say the least...

Keep it up Prime Minister, you are doing a sterling job (of what I do not know).....

Thank you Sir Norman

The other night Look North our local TV news broadcast, pushed an item regarding West Yorkshire's Chief Constable saying he's paid too much as a public servant. Well thank you Sir Norman, us public sector workers are getting a hard enough time in the media regarding 'non-jobs' (i.e. outreach workers), sickness good pensions and anything else that can bash us... Now this makes my blood boil, because being a public servant, I am poorly paid for what I do, which I won't go into, but my job can and does make a huge difference to many peoples lives for the good and better.. Someone who is on £200K a year with a nice pension can afford to say that.. There are so many public servants who get paid peanuts to deal with some of the most difficult in society as well as doing the grottiest jobs... So I wish managers and people on such a high wage, keep humbly quiet and think before they speak on things that does not affect them.....

Volcanic Hassle

I hope this Icelandic eruption stops soon.. I have a USA holiday to look forward to in August and don't want to miss out.. I feel sorry for all the stranded passengers, esp. in the US who have no means of getting home. It must be costing them a fortune in hotel bills and the like and with little chance of getting any money back under the good old 'Act of God' clause in insurance policies and airline regulations. These people will do anything to get out of paying for some travellers misfortune and circumstances... Yes, it is a volcanic hassle....