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		<title>Hook Line &amp; Sinker</title>
		<link>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/hook-line-sinker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quangoland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We do rather think that the unions are walking into a trap – the Tory’s are just waiting to pounce with new, and Wilt believes welcome, new legislation to curtail the unions – Milliband, Balls, Tony Blair and others have warned them. See article here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8599446/Michael-Gove-warns-teachers-against-militancy-ahead-of-planned-strike.html
Gove, as Mrs Wilt cares to refer to him as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Pain No Gain</title>
		<link>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/no-pain-no-gain/</link>
		<comments>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/no-pain-no-gain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guido Fawkes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vince Cable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balls]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/?p=3611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ed ‘Damien’ Balls is at it again &#8211; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13826271 We think this is called distraction politics – distraction that is from other stories about him.
What Balls and most commentators fail to mention was that it was not the red haired Scotsman that pre-empted further discussions with the unions but in fact the unions who decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What a Shame</title>
		<link>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/what-a-shame/</link>
		<comments>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/what-a-shame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[conditions of service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dorks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/?p=3583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is the problem with these changes to public sector pensions? The BBC article here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13800573 is informative.  For example:
 ‘All pension benefits that were earned before any reforms are introduced &#8211; including retirement ages and final salary benefits &#8211; will be protected, the government insists.’

However all current members of the various schemes will need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining</title>
		<link>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/every-cloud-has-a-silver-lining/</link>
		<comments>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/every-cloud-has-a-silver-lining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Plaskitt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Public Sector Social Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/?p=3562</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh boy – will these people never learn? Going on strike never works these days. Public sector finance and the overall UK budget are in a complete mess and we have public sector workers, teachers et al going out on strike to achieve what exactly?
The response of these public sector workers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13772326 will have no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Offside &#8211; Yellow Card</title>
		<link>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/offside-yellow-card/</link>
		<comments>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/offside-yellow-card/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wilts Ramblings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balls]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/?p=3539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh dear – Ed Balls is having a hard time. He of the surname reflecting something spherical and in the plural has been found out: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13736406
It could not happen to a nicer bloke – he remains looking like an evil bastard, something akin to Damien out of that film The Omen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omen
Obviously someone within the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>p.s. I am Sorry</title>
		<link>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/p-s-i-am-sorry/</link>
		<comments>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/p-s-i-am-sorry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CSCI]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Community Care Magazine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And another success: http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/06/10/116976/baby-p-social-worker-to-receive-damages-from-the-sun.htm
See also here: http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/06/09/116977/baby-p-verdict-a-victory-for-social-workers.htm
It was Deidre Sanders of The Sun who was in 2009 identified as a keynote speaker for the GSCC 2009 Conference which was received with disbelief and anger by both the social care press and social care workers. In fact a petition was signed by Wilt and several hundred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A dose of reality</title>
		<link>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/a-dose-of-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/a-dose-of-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guido Fawkes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vince Cable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilts Ramblings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conditions of service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dorks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/?p=3077</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guido and Wilt are at one on this issue: http://order-order.com/2011/06/06/the-war-on-pilgrims-goes-international/ as are the vast majority of sensible thinking people – which obviously excludes those full-time paid union officials at public expense.
Now if the unions want full time officials then we suggest that they pay them themselves and then we will see what the membership might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catching Up</title>
		<link>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/catching-up/</link>
		<comments>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/catching-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guido Fawkes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilts Ramblings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conditions of service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[let there be light]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/?p=3043</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was inevitable that the focus on MPs expenses would turn to the expenses of civil servants and local government officers. The Telegraph are on a run with this latest attack of those high living officers: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8555445/Civil-servants-spend-25m-on-credit-cards-including-luxury-hotels-fine-dining-and-golf-trips.html
If there is truth in some of these claims then like MPs and Peers some of these civil servants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off To Dinner</title>
		<link>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/off-to-dinner/</link>
		<comments>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/06/off-to-dinner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wilts Ramblings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/?p=3029</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FROM A HOTEL DESK
Well, we eventually got here; the location being two hours ahead of the UK it was still possible to attend the meeting. We have a couple of appointments tomorrow and thereafter we are back at home.
In the interim, after a shower and a change of suit, and just before dinner with clients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Headache</title>
		<link>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/05/headache/</link>
		<comments>http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2011/05/headache/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 21:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wilts Ramblings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/?p=2974</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is bloody obvious that a whole host of folk have it in for Huhne:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13606187 the widely despised Lib Dem Energy Secretary.
Not least our co-blogger Guido Fawkes: http://order-order.com/2011/05/31/exclusive-electoral-commission-reviewing-huhne-evidence/ and the chap at the Sunlight Centre http://order-order.com/2011/05/25/second-complaint-to-electoral-commission-for-huhne/
The guy (Huhne) must be in a state of despair over the twin frontal attack on his alleged fraud [...]]]></description>
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