Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
PCS Article – Media Myths About Civil & Public Services:
Myth 1: civil and public servants are well paid
Myth 2: civil service pensions are ‘gold plated’
Myth 3: civil and public servants are secure in their jobs
Myth 4: privatisation
TUC Articles – Speak up for Public Services:
Introduction to articles
Pensions:
Exploding Public Sector Pensions Myths Part 1 – The Attacks
Exploding [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 24th 2010
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… You a Happy Valentine’s Day XX
Friendship is the thread that ties hearts together.
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 14th 2010
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A rookie secret agent is faced with a problem seldom covered in basic training: what to do when a curious pigeon gets trapped inside your multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase.
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 11th 2010
The February edition of PCS Defender publishes a letter about the media distortion regarding MoD pay, pensions, bonuses and civil servants in general. The letter was written to Conservative defence spokesperson Liam Fox MP by a PCS member. The letter sums up how a great many civil servants feel about the media frenzy that is [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 10th 2010
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Some of the remarks in the comments section in relation to the Albion Alliance over at Nourishing Obscurity reminded me of this song. I used it to accompany one of my early (PCS) campaign videos way back in 2005. We knew what was right and campaigned to get the truth across against all [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 6th 2010
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A bee and a flower of average size.
Trying to find a photo that might fit this theme left me pondering on the meaning of average; size, height, intelligence, beauty etc etc.
It left me with the thought that average is often used in the context that anything above is exceptional and anything below is sub standard. [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 5th 2010
