It may seem trivial, but ….

Posted by on Jul 20, 2006 in updates | 5 comments What’s the most you’ve ever been charged for A4 photocopying? Does £11.45 seem pretty steep to you? And I know local councillors are busy bees, often juggling different roles, but how many laptops do they need to exercise their civic duties efficiently? Up to three, it seems in Norfolk, and all at the taxpayers’ expense. I didn’t realise that elected members who serve on...
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It helps that she’s blonde and pretty

Posted by on Jul 20, 2006 in updates | 5 comments Bloggers worldwide have united behind La Petite Anglaise It helps that she’s blonde and pretty, female too. But I do wonder if Catherine Sanderson‘s unjust demise would have attracted the same worldwide interest had she been male. In fact, I doubt very much that any man would have been sacked for writing a personal blog and I wish her well with her test case for unfair dismissal in...
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Home Office can’t keep track of criminals either

Posted by on Jul 20, 2006 in updates | 3 comments It’s not just asylum seekers the Home Office can’t keep track of, it also does not know many criminals have slipped through the net after cuting off their electronic tags. The Home Office has shame-facedly admitted that figures recording this crucial statistic are not kept, they have never been requested by the firms which operate the scheme, it was not a requirement of their...
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Who was the mystery Buck House streaker?

Posted by on Jul 20, 2006 in updates | 2 comments This year’s Wimbledon streaker Who was the mystery man that bared all and did a streak at the Queen’s garden party last Tuesday? It seems he was the 18-year-old son of one of the guests and was quickly ushed away by the Yeomen. This was told to my by a friend who went to another garden party at Buck House this week. And she was told by one of the Yeomen, so it came from a very...
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No greater honour

Posted by on Jul 20, 2006 in updates | 1 comment There is no greater honour than having your work appreciated by your peers. So thanks again to Iain for my second plug on his Channel 4 podcast. My post about Prezza was read out in full on air, which was quite a thrill. And PR lecturer Richard Bailey has been musing about PR women bloggers and included me among those he regards as “thoughtful, incisive, creative, funny and colourful...
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