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Bloomin’ holidays
Smashing… I suss out how to have a real holiday from work and not touch anything work related at all… and discover, on going back to work afterwards, that the pile of work which now needs doing almost immediately is … Continue reading
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Bloomin’ bullying
Annual leave. A day of rest. Yeah right. Sacrifice half of that for a meeting: planned at short notice and due to involve me, a middle person and someone else who I shall call Maggie (not a real name, you … Continue reading
Election – fed up already
If I had my own news programme, I would interview politicians and insist they talk ONLY about their own policies, and not mention a single word about the perceived failings of the opposition. I’m fed up of hearing answers along … Continue reading
Bluntest knife in the block
The most stupid person in the world might be the one who, whilst trying to be super clever, made themselves look stupid and petty by trying to score points. And failing. And being publicly ‘badly behaved’. There are actually at … Continue reading
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Bloomin’ browning
Why oh why does Tesco think that I will be happy with Krunchie gravy browning. It may be made in Maesteg… it’s a fab plan to support local businesses… but I want decent gravy browning made by Cross and Blackwell … Continue reading
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The ICO on Phorm – a damp squib
As many people predicted, the Information Commissioner’s Office has offered up a rather limp response to the E-petition posted at Number 10. It seems they have (either through ducking the issue or because they really don’t understand) missed the point. … Continue reading
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Politicians. They just don’t get it.
I despair. Really. We put politicians in their jobs so that they can create good laws. When I find a politician (ab)using a bad law for financial gain, and then saying “I didn’t break the rules”, then that politician is … Continue reading
Bloomin’ iwantgreatcare.org
What a complete and utter load of pants. Extraordinarily large and ugly pants. Neil Bacon, once upon a time, was the ‘brainchild’ behind doctors.net – a very handy website for docs. Doctors.net is hardly the ‘social networking’ site it has … Continue reading
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Mastermind – I had this weird dream…
Tonight’s first contestant is Jacqui Smith. Your specialist subject is “Having half a clue about Government IT projects”. Your two minutes start when the long hand is pointing at Mickey Mouse… Q. How long does it take one competent database … Continue reading
Bloomin’ MMC knock-on effects
I am not a medical registrar. I am not a consultant acute physician. I am not a consultant general physician. I am not a surgical houseman. I am not a surgical SHO… or ST1/2… or ST3… or registrar. I am … Continue reading
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