It means beans

Bonanza for jobs, but only in public sector

If all the bean makers become beancounters, who will make the beans for the counters to count, and the rest of us to eat?

Newsnight -

The Gord giveth*

...and the Gord taketh away

Now, which would you vote for? Any how many of you (a key point, I'd hazard)

Ain't helping democratic process along wonderful?

*Presumably in anticipation of all the extra 'work' that will be required assessing, checking, arguing in court, paying out compo, etc regarding policy 2...

You can't touch me, I'm part of the...

Irish voters were led astray, says European Commissioner

The politics of erosion.

Sad to say, yet another example of self-appointed 'them' deciding 'we' are too dumb to be trusted with a free vote, and seeing nothing remotely odd about saying so, is almost becoming so commonplace as to wash over one.

As a matter of interest, is there a mechanism to get such a person out still? If so, I also ask, rhetorically, without a massive wadge of wonga to compensate for trampling over hard-fought freedoms with barely a thought?

Do two w..ell, whatver they are, make a right on story?

I am a tad intrigued by stories in the Guardian that seem to have comments closed before they start.

Sort of 'we're listening...la..la.la...'

Tory PR machine targets local paper's online poll

Other than noting how most news media would take any poll they are offered to prove or disprove anything if it suited, I can't help but recall a certain paper that took it upon itself to try and rig an election in another country by getting its readers to write to the voters and tell 'em how to vote the right way.

Worked a treat.