I think I may have mentioned this before, but how can you set allowances for a job without knowing what that job is? It’s always been a principle of mine in business to define the job that my team have to do, then give them the tools to do it. If they need more tools,…
Am I reading the report on Assembly Members’ Allowances correctly? Does it really say that AM’s “are expected to travel by the most cost-effective means”? Do I read that right: does it mean that they should travel second class when travelling by train? Because if it does then I’m not happy. I want my AMs…
MP’s expenses have been published online today. Well that’s what the headlines said, but from what I can see all that has been made available are a series of forms with lots of detail obliterated by black censorial pens. Whoever made the decision to hide the information has made a serious error of judgement and…
I’m pleased to see that the Conservatives in Wales are saying that they’ll scrap free prescriptions when elected. It’s never made sense to me that I can get a packet of Paracetamol for free when it’s prescribed by my Doctor when it would only cost me around 50p to buy one. Of course there are…
William Hague was wonderful yesterday in “bigging up” Lord Mandelson, he of many titles, roles, Ministers and barriers to being questioned. Enjoy:
I may not agree with the aims of some of the people protesting in London today but I do admire many of them for the way they have both planned and executed their protests. And probably more importantly I admire them for taking a stand on an “issue” that is important to them. That is a…