Posts Tagged ‘politics’

Major, major scoop! Ever wondered what exactly happens to your council tax, after it has left your bank account and entered the coffers of your local authority? Well one of our sources has managed to totally thieve get hold of a very important document from the Haringey Council – their 2010 budget plans. It is with great joy that we share this with you behind the cut:

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Operation 'Soylent Green' in action

Did Stephen Hawking change nationality? Maybe while we weren’t looking, perhaps? Maybe he lied about being born in London and educated at Oxford University. Is he, like the crew of the HMS Bulldog before him, secretly an American?

I ask because the Investor’s Business Daily, a US rag, recently highlighted the shocking ineptitude of the British National Health Service in an editorial, saying, “People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the UK where the National Health Service would say the quality of life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.” Which was news to the man who survived only because of medical treatment from – you guessed it – the NHS.

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Zimbabwe: a crippled economy just got worse

We spend a lot of time complaining about money. As a Welshman living in London, I still haven’t worked out the exchange rate between bales of wool and pounds sterling, which means that I continually overspend every month. Payday invokes warm little feelings down below for me, which is why my girlfriend refuses to talk to me on the first of the month.

Of course, rent, bills and the Xbox soon suck the newfound euphoria back out of my loins. But, for that two days a month I can be called solvent, I am happy.

So imagine what it would be like if your employer turned round and refused to pay you in real money.

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