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Do they really WORK for you?
Have you ever wondered who represents you in our elected institutions and what they actually get up to? Or like many others, have you questioned the value for money that we get from our elected representatives? Many have and that is the motivation behind the interesting website TheyWorkForYou.
Start of a new season
I love rugby, rugby union that is, a team game played with tremendous determination by men who control their aggression. For me the key attributes of rugby are a sense of fair play, teamwork and respect for the opposition (and referee). Today 8 Feb 2009, sees Wales’ first match in the annual 6 Nations Championship against…
Give the Swine a Job!
When I ran a national team of sales and operations staff I had close to 300 men and women dotted around the country. They were all doing pretty much the same thing, but each had their own job description and reward structure. They also had all the tools needed to do the job and if…
The Olympic Spirit personified
After an Olympic week that began with the most wonderful opening ceremony and a weekend that produced some great results for Britain, the performances and results have been inspiring and truly wonderful. But the games have shown themselves to be far more than just the competition and the results in my opinion. They have delivered a grace,…
The cost of drugs, up, down or daft?
Great hype yesterday that the opium crop production was down 30% in Afghanistan this year (the spinners has spun out the fact that it is still higher than it was 5 years ago). The implicit link was that our military efforts are stopping the production of drugs, reducing the income to the Taleban and therefore…
London Welsh Club
Sad news from London today that the London Welsh Club in Gray’s Inn Road is in deep trouble financially and may not last. I’ve got such happy memories of the club, from a little lad who used to go there for Urdd all the way to heavy and late nights “socialising” in my twenties. Changes…