You really could not make it up: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-13873091

Typically the Council imply the problem was with the ‘contractor.’ Mmmmmmm.

Wilt

Yikes! Shropshire County Council http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/ HAVE actually gone ahead with a major slashing of salaries: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-13891587

This is probably unique and a first in the public sector. We have been keeping an eye on this developing story since much earlier in the year when it was first muted but Salopian believed…

A large number of quangolanders find themselves looking for new jobs as explained here by Guido Fawkes: http://order-order.com/2011/06/23/maude-decentralises-the-coi/

Thank you Mr Maude.

Wilt

The GSCC never fail to amaze Wilt – they are such fucking idiots. When Wilt was a senior manager he infrequently had among his responsibilities to process police checks on staff, foster carers, child minders etc., etc – this was pre the Criminal Records Bureau…

You might be forgiven for thinking that Wilt had disappeared – but no, it was his internet connection that vanished. This is rather unusual for his normally very fast and reliable ISP. He could not be arsed to power up his laptop and use the…

Whilst on the theme of pensions there is apparently a rebellion among the coalition ranks: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13821169 This relates to the retirement of women from 60 to 65 years – what is the problem? Wilt wants to be kept in the style to which he is…

Ed ‘Damien’ Balls is at it again – 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…

The person Wilt most likes to deride (even above Calleja and Plaskitt and Brown) is a certain Mr Ed Balls – you know that evil looking and acting bastard the shadow chancellor. For some time Guido Fawkes has been monitoring a legal dispute between Balls…

This article is interesting in its own right: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/8583179/Husband-cleared-of-harassing-wifes-lover-on-Twitter.html but it of course has a particular significance to us bloggers and it should in particular be noted by Elizabeth Calleja of Leamington Spa who promulgates all free speech is restricted to that which she approves.

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Oh dear, what a sad git: http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/06/17/117032/social-work-lecturer-struck-off-over-child-porn-images.htm

Not a lot to say other than some pervert was not quite suitable as a social work teacher – oh and on this one at least it seems the GSC may have got it right,for once.

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