tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post3111704784659485820..comments2023-06-11T13:12:20.435+01:00Comments on The Anger of a Quiet Man: Bullying at workQuiet_Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-14617627457513397302010-08-28T01:01:20.183+01:002010-08-28T01:01:20.183+01:00@tris, I too look for a person of good intelligenc...@tris, I too look for a person of good intelligence and judgement to represent me, however living in the Labour Heartlands I am wasting my time.Gordon Is a Moronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240475263277258876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-4094242377550519832010-08-26T17:55:05.606+01:002010-08-26T17:55:05.606+01:00No accounting for the foibles of Telegraph sub edi...No accounting for the foibles of Telegraph sub editors I'm afraid.Quiet_Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-67234646790816038292010-08-26T17:28:03.276+01:002010-08-26T17:28:03.276+01:00....“deeply inappropriate and INoffensive”...
???.......“deeply inappropriate and INoffensive”...<br /><br />???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-11031369750415421772010-08-25T22:39:06.755+01:002010-08-25T22:39:06.755+01:00I agree with Pensioner that we should know who the...I agree with Pensioner that we should know who these people are.<br /><br />For example, were my MP to behave like that he would certainly never get my vote again. I look for a man of intelligence and good judgement to represent me. It’s important that if he is interceding for me with officials or perhaps the courts he be able to do this in a manner that will benefit me... not ruin my chances of appeal.<br /><br />Secondly I agree with you QM. I have no time for these people. We’ve all had to deal with new systems put in, often by the government, and, because new systems are new systems, there are nearly always problems. We all have to put up with this. Be it passports, pensions, tax codes, car licences, whatever. It is often a nightmare dealing with departments that give us, or take from us, money.<br /><br />Perhaps they feel that this should not happen to them... but why not? What is different about them? They are just ordinary people who eat, sleep and work for a living.<br /><br />No one doubts for a second that the way before the Queen and her immediate family is going to be smoothed, but MPs are just ordinary blokes and blokesses. They are chosen by us to work for us at Westminster, Brussels, Edinburgh, Cardiff or Belfast. They get a 4 or 5 year contract, after which , in theory they may be back working at Tesco or Homebase. Why should like be different for them.<br /><br />They proved that they were ordinary. No one checked up on them in the past, and so by and large they stole money like it was going out of fashion... The Queen wouldn’t have done that.<br /><br />They’re not to be trusted, and I certainly agree that disciplinary measures should be taken against MPs who behave like this. As the real employers are you and me, and there is no “authority” that can fire them, or suspend them or dock their pay, I would suggest that their behaviour be made public, and where appropriate the Procurator Fiscal (or whatever you call him in England) be made aware of their behaviour with a view to pressing criminal charges.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-16187089580320033212010-08-25T18:18:41.668+01:002010-08-25T18:18:41.668+01:00"...although he later bought a box of chocola...<i>"...although he later bought a box of chocolates to apologise."</i><br /><br />Probably charged those to the taxpayer too!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-89869964066797080712010-08-25T18:13:03.180+01:002010-08-25T18:13:03.180+01:00Perhaps we should know who these MPs are; clearly ...Perhaps we should know who these MPs are; clearly they are not fit to hold public office.<br /><br />When I was working, all my expenses were carefully vetted, even to the extent that once when I went abroad for work, I was asked whether I had purchased any duty free items. Foolishly admitting that I'd bought a bottle of single malt, I was told that I would have the equivalent of the duty deducted from my expenses as a "Civil Servant must not make any financial gain as a result of carrying out his official duties".<br />I'd love to apply that rule to MPs!English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.com