No doubt most of you will have read the recent reports in the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail stating that MoD civil servants have earned in excess of £47 million in bonuses in the last six months. The Telegraph starts the article with this sensational comment:
Civil servants at the Ministry of Defence have [...]
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15 Comments CherryPie on Nov 14th 2009
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PhotoHunt – Music
I was struggling for for inspiration for this theme, when I suddenly remembered that there was lots of music at the Women’s Chainmakers festival that I attended in September. We didn’t stay for all the music but this barbershop quartet were very good and also amusing.
There was also a brass band to lead the celebratory [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Nov 13th 2009
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Dona Nobis Pacem
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
Mahatma Gandhi
20 Comments CherryPie on Nov 5th 2009
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A Surprise!
It has just dawned on me that it is two years today since I started blogging. Where does all the time go?
25 Comments CherryPie on Oct 25th 2009
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Header Images
My Most observant readers will probably notice that my header images have changed. The previous ones were part of the Wordpress template and I have been meaning for some time to change them for my own photographs. I finally took the plunge and did a bit of Photoshop work to convert the images to pictures [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 13th 2009
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Janice Godrich Comes to Shropshire
Yesterday the PCS President Janice Godrich visited my workplace to speak at a meeting of PCS members and address their concerns on the Government’s recent proposed changes to the civil service compensation scheme (CSCS). The new plans would radically reduce the compensation that would be paid to civil servants if they were made redundant.
Janice explained [...]
Comments Off CherryPie on Sep 30th 2009
A recent study into Civil Service pay by Income Data Services (IDS) further exposes the myth that civil servants are paid more than their counterparts in the private sector. The study reveals that there are gaps of more than £5000 between the Civil Service and the private sector.
The report compares the median salaries of four [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2009
