pandarilla Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Local Authorities are largely fucking idiots at Senior Management level when it comes to paying for external services. We're paying Ernst & Young several hundred grand to identify savings [emoji38] Software providers rip the pish in tremendous fashion. In one of my old jobs, my department was beholden to a company from the midlands who provided a hopelessly unreliable update which took months to sort out. We still had to pay £2000 a time for their rep to fly up for a couple of days business class and stay in the most expensive hotel in Dundee, car hires etc. Absolutely bonkers. The great charade of consultancy. Corruption incorporated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 1 minute ago, pandarilla said: The great charade of consultancy. Corruption incorporated. Christ, South Ayrshire Council called in consultants every time someone did a smelly shit in the bogs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 I really don't think it's a time for political point scoring at least until some kind of preliminary enquiry has been completed. Right now all we should be concerned with is doing what we can to help the victims of this awful event. If this is coming across as an attempt to assume some kind of moral high ground, then so be it. You better believe this is political. You can have sympathy for Theresa may if you like but she's at the top of the tree. Her reaction to this has already been telling. The housing situation in the country is horrendous, and this especially true in London.This tragedy was magnified massively because the tenants were poor. It simply wouldn't have happened in a richer area. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 The housing situation in the country is horrendous, and this especially true in London. We seriously need to control the number of secondary homes and let properties. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakedee Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Can a policeman/woman or soldier be made redundant? Options for change,then the recent defence review seen thousands of military personel made redundant,so yes is the answer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 1 minute ago, mizfit said: We seriously need to control the number of secondary homes and let properties. No, we seriously need to build serious amounts of new council houses or similar, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 4 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Premier Inn's aren't that expensive. They are to Dundonians tbh 3 minutes ago, pandarilla said: The great charade of consultancy. Corruption incorporated. We actually laughed at the latest one. Genuinely fucking comical pish that could only happen in a local authority. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 36 minutes ago, welshbairn said: I had a wee aerial photography business in Wales for a bit and was used to clients bitching over 50 quid. Handed in an £800 invoice for a day's work to a local government department and they didn't raise an eyebrow. Each to their own. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 ^^^^ peeping tom. Had to park outside some retirement flats once to take a shot of a steam train coming into a station. Before we had a chance to direct the camera an old lady on the 4th floor came out of the shower to face a camera pointed right at her just outside the window. Livid would be an understatement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Had to park outside some retirement flats once to take a shot of a steam train coming into a station. Before we had a chance to direct the camera an old lady on the 4th floor came out of the shower to face a camera pointed right her just outside the window. Livid would be an understatement. As long as the Sheriff believed you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Sadiq Khan getting it tight from the public during that interview. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpma Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 At least he had the balls to speak to them after the statement .... briefly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennboy1978 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 No doubt the wee guy will be a hero tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 22 minutes ago, ayrmad said: Sadiq Khan getting it tight from the public during that interview. Khannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn is the sinfully dullest, most pointless person ever. Trump hates him though so he's a national treasure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 You better believe this is political. You can have sympathy for Theresa may if you like but she's at the top of the tree. Her reaction to this has already been telling. The housing situation in the country is horrendous, and this especially true in London.This tragedy was magnified massively because the tenants were poor. It simply wouldn't have happened in a richer area. It's only politicising this that can stop this happening again and there's a lot of people landlord and council level up to the highest levels of government that are culpable here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Don't know why folk expect the Tories to have ensured proper fire safety measures in the holding pens for poor people when they're not even prepared to do it for schools. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/government-criticised-over-quietly-abandoning-requirement-for-new-schools-to-install-fire-sprinklers-a7219276.html Apologies in advance for anyone upset at my 'politicising' of these err... political decisions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Paul Nuttall's heroism in running into the blazing tower block to rescue a Muslim family will never be forgotten. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 8 minutes ago, sparky88 said: Paul Nuttall's heroism in running into the blazing tower block to rescue a Muslim family will never be forgotten. How he got back to the hospital to carry out life saving surgery, I will never know. Maybe he drove the ambulance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 1 hour ago, pandarilla said: You better believe this is political. You can have sympathy for Theresa may if you like but she's at the top of the tree. Her reaction to this has already been telling. The housing situation in the country is horrendous, and this especially true in London. This tragedy was magnified massively because the tenants were poor. It simply wouldn't have happened in a richer area. Sympathy for Theresa May? Moi? Her pathetic attempts to do a deal with the DUP will finish her off. I give her 2 weeks at the most. I'm not a JC fan either, but at least he is the lesser of 2 evils. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 2 hours ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: I've got a nice wee niche in my living room. Never knew I needed to get it audited. The Bedroom Tax was the thin end of the wedge... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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