en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1375095 Comments by bpcm http://www.oldholborn.net/2011/01/next-in-dock.html#IDComment120101311 Will Chator lose his pension like any civil servant caught fiddling his expenses? Errrr........no. It still smells by the Thames. (Divine will probably use the defence of mental incapacity judging by his C4 performance) Fri, 7 Jan 2011 23:17:00 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2011/01/next-in-dock.html#IDComment120101311 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/12/get-stuffed-cameron.html#IDComment115660793 Whatever you think of him, at least he is pulling the country back from the edge Ireland, Greece and the others have been sprinting over recently. I am a little pissed off though that my kids get an extra 27k in student debt when their turn comes because we live in England. No doubt 'Daddy' will be expected to help out from his post horrific tax income. Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:17:28 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/12/get-stuffed-cameron.html#IDComment115660793 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/12/in-respect-of-mortgage-interest.html#IDComment113697939 The biggest humiliation has to the pathetically small amount he nicked, how can he hold his head up in the company of Imelda Marcus and the other cleptocrats? Sat, 4 Dec 2010 12:30:32 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/12/in-respect-of-mortgage-interest.html#IDComment113697939 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/12/just-leave-us-alone.html#IDComment113431181 In fairness though it wasn't all roses around the door. There must be a balance somewhere Thu, 2 Dec 2010 22:38:06 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/12/just-leave-us-alone.html#IDComment113431181 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/12/just-leave-us-alone.html#IDComment113365907 Here are few questions I wouldn't mind being put to me Would you be in favour of a 100% cut in..... a) Diversity Training Officers b) Five a Day coordinators c) Client Development Managers (Libraries) d) Adult Operations Managers e) Children's Services Safeguarding Managers f) adventure tutors g) Breakfast Club assistants etc etc Permitted answers should be 1) Yes 2) Too right! 3) Don't waste a moment on this Mr Citizen, we are swinging the fiscal axe for you already These are all real jobs as currently advertised, It is good to know that every penny you pay in tax is weighed and carefully counted before it is allocated with great parsimony to optimise value for you the taxpayer Thu, 2 Dec 2010 16:00:58 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/12/just-leave-us-alone.html#IDComment113365907 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/i-want-state-to-take-me-clubbing.html#IDComment112879142 There are handrails on Mount Everest as it happens. Most of the way up anyway. I wonder if Lambeth sponsored them? Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:41:37 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/i-want-state-to-take-me-clubbing.html#IDComment112879142 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/i-want-state-to-take-me-clubbing.html#IDComment112716360 I had another look at this and it appears that our man 'Billy' would be an inappropriate 'employer' deciding work tasks and hours for his personal assistant as he is requesting that his carer be a dog lover (I believe this excludes devout muslims from applying for the job which is discriminatory), enjoy walking (excludes disabled people) and can play football (Sexist, ageist and anti-disabled). In addition they must work till three in the morning one Sunday each month which will surely discriminate against devout Christians. One wonders how the good public servants of Lambeth would tolerate requests like this that are so clearly in breech of employment law and all the politically correct ideals they hold dear. Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:57:57 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/i-want-state-to-take-me-clubbing.html#IDComment112716360 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/i-want-state-to-take-me-clubbing.html#IDComment112706628 I could weep. I thought this was a skit, but it is the most grossly insulting document I have yet seen. How dare these people burn our cash in this way. Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:56:36 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/i-want-state-to-take-me-clubbing.html#IDComment112706628 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/all-going-pete-tong-for-eussr.html#IDComment112229169 Yes Britain will struggle on it's own but only if the common market element from the EEC era disappears. If you take the EU to it's logical conclusion we will have transfered our wealth to the rest of Europe. The Germans are just waking up to that fact now as they are being asked to work hard, save and invest only to give it all to bailout the less responsible members of the EU family. The EU is finished, all that remains now is to rescue the bits that actually worked. Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:27:02 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/all-going-pete-tong-for-eussr.html#IDComment112229169 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/all-going-pete-tong-for-eussr.html#IDComment112228487 Ironically Northern Rock is the safest bank in Dublin as it is the only one that is protected by the UK deposit protection scheme. All the other UK and overseas branches are backed by the irish guarantee. I think the euphoria of getting in the Eu/IMF lifeboat has worn off for the Irish this morning with the news of the 6.7% intrest rate attached to the bailout. The PS part of PIGS must be thinking very hard this morning about how to avoid a bailout Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:19:48 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/all-going-pete-tong-for-eussr.html#IDComment112228487 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/all-going-pete-tong-for-eussr.html#IDComment112111499 The by-election result in Ireland is irrelevant to anything. If anything it should serve to focus Irish minds on the very worrying possibility that Gerry Adams (who is to stand as a TD) will have a say in the running of Eire and all the civil strife that could flow from that. Everyone is fully aware that Biffo is out in January but they also know that if Ireland doesn't pass the budget then the banks collapse and the ATMs shut down. Reclaiming your sovereignty doesn't have the same allure as the certainty of being able to draw a few euros out of the drinklink when you need it, The budget will pass or it will be food parcels for Christmas Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:16:29 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/all-going-pete-tong-for-eussr.html#IDComment112111499 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/tiocfaidh-ar-la.html#IDComment111086351 As a member of the last generation of Irish kids reared for export on the hoof, I feel very sorry for parents in Ireland tonight who looked round the dinner table at their children and realised they will all be living overseas when they grow up. Their grandchildren will speak english with an American, Australian or British accent. My mum and dad have missed out on the day to day joy of watching my children grow up. Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen have an awful lot to answer for. Sun, 21 Nov 2010 20:47:14 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/tiocfaidh-ar-la.html#IDComment111086351 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/nation-of-victims.html#IDComment110853769 I hope so, that is after all what I am doing myself. I was helped out of a hole when I was about 21 by my solicitor who gave me enough cash to restart my life. It was a gift on condition I pay it forward and it changed my life. There are very few solicitors who are so selfless as to put themselves in a position where they are worse off for seeing a client, and for no other reason than selfless generosity. Thank you Richard Thorpe. Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:16:19 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/nation-of-victims.html#IDComment110853769 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/nation-of-victims.html#IDComment110843083 First time ever I didn't give to `Children in Need', This year I am helping people I know instead, who are are working all hours jut to stand still and need a moral or financial leg up. The few minutes of CIN I did watch seemed to indicate that lack of money was not at the root of poverty in our country, but the parent(s) you get lumbered with and their sense of responsibility in bringing you up as a child. Bad parents will always feature in any society but I have a sense that we have been facilitating and enabling them for the last 40 years. Time to address the real root causes, which I believe Mr IDS is doing for us all. Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:30:39 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/nation-of-victims.html#IDComment110843083 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/starve-bankers-on-december-7th.html#IDComment110735748 Most cash machines only hold 50k and it will get spent and redeposited anyway so what is the point exactly? The bank has funded the 50k whether it is still in the machine or in your pocket waiting to be spent. They are only inconvenienced when they top the machine up, if they choose to. All you are doing is pissing off other customers who arrive at an empty machine hoping to withdraw beer money. They will just pay with a debit card rather than cash. The net effect, no change in the amount of cash in circulation, no impact on the banks. Instead, you should ask to buy every service they offer, and then cancel it within the cooling off period. They will be tied up in paperwork for months. Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:23:36 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/starve-bankers-on-december-7th.html#IDComment110735748 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/careful-out-there-folks.html#IDComment110406120 Mind how you go there Madam Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:18:33 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/careful-out-there-folks.html#IDComment110406120 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/market-day-in-london-one-man-and-his.html#IDComment109059544 There are just too many student places, the 50% target is wrong. By all means educate the top 20/25% of our youth to degree level for free, they will repay the investment over and over. It is the next 20/25% that we are wasting money on, and indeed are wasting their own time. It would be much better if we had vocational training based on.......working for a living, for that segment of the population. Liberty is freedom to do what you want to do with your own life, not freedom to do with what you want with everyone else's hard earned cash. Some of todays 'protesters' might do well to remember that, preferably reminded by a magistrate. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:27:20 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/market-day-in-london-one-man-and-his.html#IDComment109059544 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/remember-remember.html#IDComment107955722 About a Million Civil Servants will be free....or at least freer with their time over the next year. OH, your post did remind me that you were putting yourself outside the system as a Freeman this year, how is that working out in practice? Fri, 5 Nov 2010 09:06:50 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/remember-remember.html#IDComment107955722 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/life-of-crime.html#IDComment107818094 A criminal record is a big issue, employers don't like them, neither do banks, insurance companies, the USA for holidays and a host of other things you need access to. It is hard to pull yourself out of the mire when the doors are shut to you. I like the idea of a spent convictions after ten years, it should be three for minor offenses. It is worrying though that you are required to declare spent convictions for many things, which makes the whole concept a bit pointless. Thu, 4 Nov 2010 17:56:09 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/life-of-crime.html#IDComment107818094 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/it-takes-thief.html#IDComment107631081 Why shouldn't prisoners have the right to vote? We are pretending at least that prison is a reforming experience designed to deliver the morally compromised back to society as fully redeemed citizens. Part of that is about making them stakeholders in society, even if their liberty is temporally denied. That is the basis on which they should be allowed the vote. Wed, 3 Nov 2010 18:14:33 +0000 http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/11/it-takes-thief.html#IDComment107631081