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Tories count on Carol Vorderman the Maths czar
"Countdown star Carol Vorderman has become a maths czar for the 
Tories in a campaign to get kids counting again. In her first job 
since quitting the Channel 4 show last year, the numbers whizz will 
visit schools up and down the country to see how the subject is 
taught. She will then tour schools abroad from the US to India to see 
what lessons can be learned. Carol, 48, will chair a Maths Taskforce 
for six months and report to Tory leader David Cameron." - News of 
the World   [Later there was a newspic of her throwing a snowball at 
Cameron -cs]
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You couldn't make it up: Manager gets £77,000 pay-off from York 
council - five days after starting his job
"Council chiefs in York have awarded a £77,000 pay-off to a manager - 
only days after giving him the job, The Press can reveal. The senior 
social services employee started a new post with City of York Council 
on November 1 last year, only for councillors to agree a "golden-
goodbye" package a mere five days later, on November 6. Officials 
tried to keep the move secret after the matter was decided by five 
councillors in a closed-doors meeting. But details have now been 
obtained by The Press. Councillors were told that the inevitable 
media and public interest in the issue would lead to "high-profile 
and damaging publicity" if it were made known." - The Press
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Among the items is that Lib Dem-run Cornwall Council has abandoned 
plans for a new logo. They spent £7,000 on a proposed new logo which 
resembled Don King's hairstyle. But after huge protests that 
traditional the Cornish symbol of a shield with 15 golden bezants 
should not be abandoned the Council has backed down.  (S.Telegraph 
Wastewatch column 1.2.09]
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SOME CHOICE ITEMS FROM ROGER HELMER MEP's 'Straight Talking'
==The Irish Question
Q.  When will the Irish hold their Third Referendum on the Lisbon 
Treaty?
A. Sometime between the Second Referendum and the Fourth Referendum
==Quote of the Year:
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other 
people's money"     - Margaret Thatcher
==Quote of the Month:
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, 
public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be 
tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should 
be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt.   People must again learn to 
work, instead of living on public assistance."        - Cicero - 55 BC
== What's Welsh for "Recession"?: We hear that the Welsh Assembly 
wants to impose obligations on Welsh companies to operate bilingually 
-- what spectacular folly.
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In the wake of the controversy over Carol Thatcher's sacking from the 
One Show for a racial remark, Shadow Leader of the House Alan Duncan 
this morning [5/2/09] called for a parliamentary debate on political 
humour. At Business questions in the House of Commons he called for:
"A debate on moral authority so that this house can help establish a 
code of modern manners for privacy, humour and comment which can be 
practiced and agreed by everyone in place of the current chaos which 
provokes animosity  and condemnation where it all could be so much 
better handled"
  [The mind boggles at the brain that could even complate taking a 
sledge hammer to crack the nut of organising people's thoughts!  -cs]
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Geoff Hoon, Transport secretary  "We're working flat out to ensure 
that our motorways, our roads are kept moving. That's our absolute 
priority.
"The Highways Agency historically keep six days supply of salt. We've 
gone down to five days to help Local Authorities. We are taking as 
much salt as can be produced. The Highways Agency puts down 25,000 
tonnes per day. If weather continues to be bad we are putting down 
far more salt than can be produced.
Mr Hoon later reiterated the Government "action" to distribute grit 
to local authorities but denied "rationing" of dwindling supplies.

"We're taking action to supply local authorities with salt. Local 
authorities are historically obliged to have a six-day supply of 
grit, but some authorities only have supply for five, or even four days.
(BBC  and Sky News  5/2/09)
[Since the government and opposition and the LibDems have been 
telling them non-stop that there is Global Warming no wonder they 
decided to  make savings on grit - BLAME THE GLOBAL WARMING maniacs -cs]