tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16962681.post7219743484750943195..comments2023-12-28T22:56:36.259+00:00Comments on Owsblog...: Objicient opinions...Span Owshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10144861546996033462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16962681.post-81999526145934198522010-11-02T19:02:55.838+00:002010-11-02T19:02:55.838+00:00The head of the BBC gets more than most Gildy, 800...The head of the BBC gets more than most Gildy, 800K.Span Owshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144861546996033462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16962681.post-34620240481927232002010-11-02T15:21:13.656+00:002010-11-02T15:21:13.656+00:00It's funny isn't it...BBC executives and s...It's funny isn't it...BBC executives and some people in local Government get paid more than the PM according to some articles in the press and this person is paid more than the President...<br /><br />Strange world...The Great Gildersleevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14645982900310730576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16962681.post-51420110903516023082010-11-01T20:41:14.186+00:002010-11-01T20:41:14.186+00:00I've no doubt that it has gone on for ever but...I've no doubt that it has gone on for ever but as you point out (or as English pensioner notes) it was never in your face...well it is now and I have to reiterate that New Labour have made a habit of it to such an extent that it is noticeable to all the world...this is the tragedy. <br /><br />Re your comment on quotas, to me, those chinless twats were just as poor a choice as those today selected for anything other than merit. This is the crying shame. I am sure that 99.99% of "the old far right" would rather 'a dark chappie' or 'one of the fairer sex' that was good at the job and deserved rather than some hapless nepotism Norman.Span Owshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144861546996033462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16962681.post-79756502637669751542010-11-01T18:28:57.599+00:002010-11-01T18:28:57.599+00:00I think English pensioner makes a good point about...I think English pensioner makes a good point about corruption. Let's not fool ourselves into thinking that its own Labour that is responsible although I have to admit that they have been more guilty lately. As the scripwriters of Yes Minister wrote over 30 years ago, "It's all about jobs for the chaps." And one of those scripwriters was the son in law of a Conservative MP wasn't he?<br /><br />It goes on all the time and is wrong, what those on the old far right find so unpalatable is that false quotas often mean that people with dark skins or breasts get pushed up the league whereas thrity years ago it would have been chinless wonders called Henry or Quintin who got the job because of Daddy.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15984687997030721919noreply@blogger.com