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Stephen O'Brien reveals that NHS civil servants are enjoying pay 
rises up to 13% while frontline staff are squeezed at 1.9%
Shadow Health Minister, Stephen O'Brien is quoted in The Guardian: 
"New Labour have presided over a culture of soaring salaries for top 
civil servants, while frontline staff have been squeezed. There seems 
to be one rule for hard working nurses, and quite another for top 
bureaucrats at the Department of Health. Is it not hypocritical of 
civil servants to award themselves pay rises like this while telling 
the nurses who serve our NHS so diligently that they must accept an 
effective pay cut?"
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Holy straight bananas - now the Eurocrats are banning moth balls
They have just reversed their ban on knobbly carrots, but now the 
Eurocrats have a surprising new target - moth balls via their REACH 
(Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of CHemicals) directive.

For generations, moth balls have conjured up images of an ageing 
grandparent's wardrobe, crammed with rarely-used coats and suits. 
Now, however, the traditional pungent smell will become a thing of 
the past because of new EU restrictions on a chemical - naphthalene - 
of which many of the small, white balls are made. Moth balls have 
long been used to protect garments from moths and moth larvae. (S. 
Telegraph  16/11/08)
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Gordon Brown's enforcer, Liam Bryne, has given civil servants an 11 
page memo detailing when they should bring him coffee and soup.
The Labour MP, set out exactly how staff should behave towards him.
The document, entitled Working With Liam Byrne, gives a series of 
detailed instructions that would embarrass the most demanding showbiz 
diva.
Mr Byrne's list of do's and don'ts declares: "Coffee/Lunch. I'm 
addicted to coffee. I like a cappuccino when I come in, an espresso 
at 3pm and soup at 12.30-1pm.
"The room should be cleared before I arrive in the morning. I like 
the papers set out in the office before I get in. The white boards 
should be cleared.
"If I see things that are not of acceptable quality, I will blame 
you."  [reams more like this!] (S. Telegraph  16/11/08)
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"Four years after the Constitution, one year after the LisbonTreaty: 
Is the EU being held hostage by its citizens?"
Hot on the heels of Hans-Gert Pöttering MEP's hope  that Americans 
would be as excited at next year's the European parliamentary 
elections as Europeans were excited by America's election we learn of 
another out-of-touch MEP. Graham Watson, LibDem MEP, will be 
addressing the above question at a meeting of the British Chamber of 
Commerce in Belgium. " If only", is my reply.   (Conservative Home 
blog 16.11/08)
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Hazel Blears on why the BNP prospers: "Shouting 'Nazi' is not the 
answer"
"Estates that have been ignored for decades; voters taken for 
granted; local services that have failed; white working-class voters 
who feel politicians live on a different planet. In such a political 
vacuum, the BNP steps in with offers of grass-cutting, a listening 
ear and easy answers to complex problems." - Hazel Blears [MP and the 
Communities Secretary] quoted in The Guardian  (ConservativeHome 
22/11/08)
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The REAL reason the Ross and Brand show was broadcast: BBC bosses 
actually thought it was funny
The BBC executive who could have stopped the Radio 2 broadcast of 
obscene phone calls by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand judged them 
'very funny'.  [Why on earth is he still going to be on air, despite 
the condemnation by the BBC Trust? ? -cs]    (Mail 22/11/08)
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