According to the BBC: Fast-food giant McDonald’s has become one of the first firms to offer its own nationally recognised qualifications. It will offer a “basic shift manager” course, training staff in skills such as human resources and marketing. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority said the company had been approved […]
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Brown and Miliband insist it’s not the same, but …
“Parts of the Lisbon Treaty, signed by Gordon Brown last month, are no different from the abandoned EU Constitution, a report by MPs has said.” And of course, most of the other leaders of EU states have admitted the Lisbon Treaty is the democratically-rejected Constitution, dressed up to sidestep democracy. […]
Read MoreSuch a thing as society, even in London
Today, I had two pleasant conversations with strangers in London. Now this is not unheard of in the north, but who speaks to anyone in the City? People on bikes, it turns out, at the traffic lights. I asked after a bizarre three-wheeled scooter and had a great response from […]
Read MoreX09 – Campaign for a referendum on the EU Constitution
This site campaigns for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. The Treaty is the Constitution barely disguised, we were promised a referendum and denying one is an insult to democracy. Are the Europhiles even democrats? read more | digg story
Read MoreGiuliani Official: ‘Get rid of Muslims’. This must stop.
Troubling footage of an official of the Giuliani campaign. Worrying in the context of increasingly authoritarian law and recent comments from Muslim leaders in the UK, saying they feel they are being “demonised”. See also http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/video/2007/dec/27/primaries.rudy.guiliani read more | digg story
Read MoreLords vs Commons
Researching material for other posts on theyworkforyou.com (IE Hansard with bells on), and having watched a fair bit of BBC Parliament in the last couple of months, I find that the quality of information and debate in the Lords generally exceeds that in the Commons, although I concede that the […]
Read MoreAn “Aha!” moment
I just discovered Fabian gradualism. Put this in the context of the Lisbon Treaty and Hayek‘s “The Road to Serfdom” and things begin to make sense. The great ideological battle continues: Hayek shared his Nobel Prize with rival Gunnar Myrdal. The problem is, the combatants are in different places. While […]
Read MoreWhat’s wrong with HMRC?
In my seven years working with HMRC on and off, either providing services from a small company or representing software developers’ interests, it has been perfectly obvious that trivial technical tasks become time-consuming and expensive once they have been put to HMRC’s prime contractor. I have been on conference calls, […]
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