The Tories are a bunch of hypocritical sanctimonious ******* aren't they? Instead of uniting to rid it from all walks of life they only make a scene when it is their political enemies. Therefore a sharp reminder is required of what many of them are really like. Let's hope...
As sometimes happens, two recent observations, one from my sister, another from a FB friend, coincided to get me struggling to answer. In response to something I said jokingly about my Aspergers’ excusing my social clumsiness, my sister, also jokingly I hope - her tone of voice suggested it...
'The Ministry of Defence and its contractor CarillionAmey are badly letting down
service families by providing them with poor accommodation, and often leaving them
for too long without basic living requirements such as heating, hot water or cooking
facilities. It is unacceptable that such problems with service housing have continued
for many years....
Dorset Echo are petitioning Condor to show loyalty to Weymouth. Really? I wondered who the people were, to whom Weymouth were appealing, so did some research. The trail leads from Condor in Poole, to Commodore Shipping in the Channel Isles, thence to Admiralty Holdings and finally (I think) to...
Analysis published by the TUC today (Tuesday) shows that despite some sectors gaining pay rises, real wages overall in the South West are still £21.78 a week lower than a decade ago.
The Government has been keen to herald a return to above inflation pay rises but any rises have not been spread equally or fairly.
In...
The government refuses to act on toxic flame retardants in our bedding and furnishings.
Everything gets buried by Brexit – that, after all, is the point. It’s the great disrupter and the great distractor. Under the cover of chaos, essential public protections are destroyed.
Take the scandal that should be creating...
One is pictured by the tourist information at Visit Dorset: Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door and Lyme; thatched cottages; and cream teas with apple cake. Another is a hidden Dorset – a county of vast inequalities, with huge landed estates and inherited wealth alongside towns and villages in which thousands...
Multiple news outlets are this morning warning about the Private Members Bill 2nd Reading proposed by Christopher Chope MP.
The London Economic, Birmingham Live and Kitty S. Jones amongst others are highlighting the consequences of the bill being successful.
'Christopher Chope, a Barrister and the Conservative MP for Christchurch, has proposed...
Update:
District Judge Stephen Nicholls sentenced Guyan to ten weeks, suspended for 12 months.
He was also ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay £1,000 costs and a £115 victim surcharge.
So not a lot really ...
Recently in the news there was a story concerning a local...
Government must improve auto-enrolment rules so that every pay packet includes a decent pension contribution, says TUC
New data published today by the Office for National Statistics reveals that 542,527 employees in the South West – 23% of the regional employee workforce – are not receiving employer contributions to...
