Yet another Tory sacked at the reshuffle has had the blow softened with a fancy title and financial reward. James Duddridge, until recently a whip, will be the next Chair of the Regulatory Reform Committee. The tedium of the role is compensated with a nice £14,582 salary top up.
It used to be that when you got sacked you got nothing in return.
It seems that rule only applies to women now.
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Ai Weiwei in China fighting the taxman…
“Under totalitarian rule, no one is protected by law. We will all be the same helpless victims. When a country insists on its lies, it’s time for an artist to bring forth change.”
Google-eyed-Dave
all in it together eh?
“Chair of the Regulatory Reform Committee”, is it another non-job, a regulator to regulate a load of other Quangos, thought these regulatory bodies were under the control of the relevant minister.
No doubt he will be able to go on all expenses jollies to all the best countries in the world with a job description like that.
It’s a division of the department of Administrative Affairs, and very very Important.
Isn’t Baroness Warsi a woman? Or is the Senior Minister for F&C affairs unpaid?
And we are talking about the public sector, where rewards for failure are hardly unusual.
Is anyone really surprised?
Oops that will be plus expenses of course!
No need for any reform!
I really don’t care anymore Guido.
If sacking meant you got nothing in return then it’ll be news to Kinnock whose reward for losing the 1992 election was a lifetime of gravy for him, his missus and their kids. Likewise Chris Patton. Likewise Speaker Martin. Likewise John Prescott. And so on and so forth.
In politics failure is richly rewarded.
Same for the not so Civil Service, NHS etc etc.
Right on the nose jgm2…….. unfortunately.
Don’t forget the rhodium-plated pensions!
Odd how little Francis Maude talks about rhodium-plated pensions
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/17/francis-maude-rhodium-plated-pensions
But chaps have families to support and whatnot
And the odd duck house, don’t forget the duck house!
Not to mention the 87p bath plug S.T.U.N. I think that was the height of “stuff the electorate” by Five bellies Smith.
Oh lest we forget the PORN, please lets not forget the porn!!!
And don’t forget one’s moats
….and those non-existent mortgages don’t come cheap either.
…and tampons!
Penis MacShane, well that will not affect you then
It is 40 Miles for a Crow to fly from Gloucester to Birmingham.
It is 188 miles for a crow to fly from Gloucester to Penzance.
Why does the BBC consider Gloucester to be in the South West and not The Midlands?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19623703
The BBC think Liverpool is in the northwest whereas it’s only as far north as Market Rasen and Gainsborough. This mightily pisses off people who live in the real northwest, i.e. the Lake District.
I can well imagine. Who would want to be lumped in with Liverpool.
The BBC of course transmits “Look North To-day” to Lake District…this is very useful for all those Cumbrians who want to know what is occurring in Newcastle and Gateshead rather than Keswick or Windermere…..
It might be something to do with the Duchy of Lancaster and the old Duchy of York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickleton,_Gloucestershire
North of Banbury, FFS. How can that be southwest?
Good question and WHY do you get local BBC News…”BBC South West” on the local transmitter and not “BBC Midlands To-day” when the latter refers to news in Gloucestershire/Hereford & Worcester and the former refers to news in Penzance ?
Could it be cos they is Black?
The distorted view of UK geography by the Londonocentric media fairly calls for a parody along the lines of the famous cover cartoon spoofing the US media’s tenuous grasp of American geography:
http://www.northstarnerd.org/.a/6a00d8341c5fd253ef0120a66e5973970c-450wi
I could swear he has that porn mag covered with a copy of the 2010 Budget book.
I wonder what p o r n mag he is covering with a copy of the 2010 Budget Book in that picture?