Them, an' us

'...the public sector is creating jobs'

Well, at least one senior member seems to be doing her bit....er...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6200069/Baroness-Scotland-employed-illegal-immigrant-as-her-housekeeper.html

Another 'fine' (well, we'll see) Baroness Gordon has got us into.

This whole GOAT herd is really showing their mettle.

We'll have to see if, when it comes to the consequences of being in 'ignorance of the law is no excuse', some equal but more elevated members of society are treated more 'sympathetically' by their peers than the lesser orders.

I used to think the appellation Baroness was accorded at the end of a career of talented service. Now it seems to be more at the beginning of one to stuff our Houses with cronies... of evidently less than startling ability.

Guido - ++ Sunlight Reports Baroness Scotland to UK Border Agency ++

Red Rag - Why Baroness Scotland has no defence to the charge of employing an illegal immigrant.

Indy - Probe into law chief's illegal worker

Guido - More

Guid0 - Baroness Scotland Accused of £170,000 Expense Fiddle - Despite giving her his full backing, if Brown thinks Patricia Scotland can remain as Attorney General, he is stark raving mad - yes, well, we'll see, eh?

Guido - Sunday Sleaze Repeat - Hole. Dig.

You couldn't make it up...The World's gone mad...

...take your pick.

On SKY:

An MG worker feels hard done by because he is driving a car THAT IS 5 YEARS OLD when he used to get a new one every 9 months!

Meanwhile, the CRB nutters are looking for fresh blood.

One thing I didn't hear was that the thing costs money. Or is this new fine based on a free check?

And with a a relative who has one professionally, I cannot see how this 'check' is in any way thorough or enduring, and hence is little more than a money making, jobsworth-creating box tick exercise. See Ian Huntley. Another apt metaphor for today.

A few years back a few Darwin award winners dumped their kid off to the Cubs, despite it not meeting that night.

So I see this kid sitting, on his own, on a lonely strip, where he'd have been for a few hours.

He didn't know his telephone number or address, so I had to drive him around until he saw his house. Typically ungrateful parents.

Now I would either leave him there or, just maybe call our mighty, responsive police force.

Nice state to be in. Not.

Latest:

Looking right now at Baroness Morgan being interviewed.

She does not have a clue. A true ninny nanny from Gordon's GOAT herd.

And the notion that a serious law, with consequences, may or may not apply is a farce.

And the fact that at some magical point of regularity of contact with children a paedophile 'activates' is plain daft.

It's on a par with thinking such individuals don't know who to take a bus to prey elsewhere with the various area 'lists' also announced as 'solutions'.

It is either all or nothing or is meaningless as 'protection', though it is obvious that shuffling paper offers little enough of that.

http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/126475

Labour’s Britain was exposed yesterday by the revelation that thousands of criminals, including rapists and paedophiles, were let off by police.

Another facile fudge form a spin-obsessed Government of no talents.

And their response to serious questions?: 'I don't want to get into that'.

Why come on then? We need honesty from these people; not insults to our intelligence.

Telegraph - Anger grows over 'paedophile checks' on parents who volunteer to help with children's activities - is it really called he Vetting and Barring Scheme,???

Gaurdian - Libertarianism on the rise?

Straight Statistics - Safeguarding a sinking ship

Look Mum, no brains!

Politics Today

Another O/T, but I think it has been established that there are a diminishing number of places left on our £3.4B, multi-10's of thousand-strong national, news media cutting-edge broadcaster to comment on matters of daily significance for large chunks of the year...

But post Caroline Flint, with the latest Quick revelations, might we need to again reassess the oft trotted out phrases 'Lessons have been learned'?

Or perhaps encourage more vastly expensive awaydays for senior pols and other public servants who clearly don't, in this GOAT (Gov Of All Talents) herd we're all funding.

This time to get across, paraphrasing John Travolta's character in Broken Arrow, that they should 'please avoid showing the the world's press the Top Secret documents you have been reading when you get out of the car'.

I can only hope that this is, in fact, a clever con.

Otherwise, the label 'laughing stock' seems inadequate in the face of a life of tax-payer-funded ease as a reward thereafter.

SKY - Not so quick - and reading the comments, that might apply to some in the media, too.

Getting on with the job?

Cabinet enforcers have to throw their weight around – but not like this

First we have this shrieking character who is on her nth staff member, and now this... individual.

And I understand our Dear Leader is not averse to expressing his displeasure with moving objects

As more and more edicts are issued on how we conduct our workplace and relationships within it, or else, is there any explanation as to why those in government seem to be immune from any consequences of their clearly outrageous work practices.

Or do they... we.... just keep paying the fines?

This GOAT-herd seems to be the ultimate in hypocrisy.

I am minded of the saying: "Great leaders make others feel small. Truly great leaders make others feel great".

These folk are not great. By a long chalk.