Caroline Spelman is responsible for the utter disgrace of Ofwat allowing their new boss to work in London because – allegedly – nobody suitable would take the job if it was based in Birmingham. Yet Ms Spelman is MP for Meriden (right next to Birmingham in case she hadn’t noticed). Disgraceful.
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George Osborne is right – there is no money. So why do so many people seem to think there’s still room for tax cuts, higher public spending and cash for their own little hobby-horses? Maybe because Barclays is scamming us.
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Cynthia Bower supposedly quit the Care Quality Commission with her head held high. I don’t think so. She quit before the CQC was exposed as being just as appallingly run as the West Midlands strategic health authority, which ignored the Stafford Hospital scandal. How do these people rise to the top? It’s like Lyn Homer – who moved from scandal in Birmingham to scandal at the Borders Agency and is now in charge of HMRC.
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If you think the Coalition is chaotic, wait until we get an elected House of Lords and then decide who runs Britain.
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The population’s just risen by another quarter of a million. So much for the Tory crackdown on immigration.
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The news that Olympic badges are being made in a Chinese sweatshop by children earning 6p an hour doesn’t surprise me at all. The whole exercise in hype and exploitation fills me with horror. I am not looking forward to the Games and don’t care who wins what (except for the traditional athletics events).
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A new survey says we’re being over-charged for our gas and electricity. I know that’s true having just dealt with two separate companies who both blamed “computer error” for trying to rip me off. I made E.on write a letter of apology after they tried to double my standing order. The only solution is not to trust any of them and always complain.
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