Hyporatic oaths ? Da Mechant of Menace.
The Leveson enquiry has caught the headlines again this week as the Iago of of Fleet St. held court for two days. You could smell the fear (and by inference loathing) in the sychophantic questioning of Leveson’s QC’s as they fumbled to confront the evil genius that could make or break their career with one email.
The exchanges were as stilted and conceited as any B-movie Hollywood screen writer could conjure, as the (Oxbridge?) QCs gently interviewed Murdoch the street fighter, over his career history of Machiavellian interventions. The questions or more precisely suggestions were consummately handled by April 28th, 2012 Analysis, Arts & Media, Mentoring/Coaching, Policy, Social Business tips Tags: Leveson, rupert murdoch 0 Comment
Well it’s my sixth week in Brazil & I haven’t been robbed … yet, if you exclude the guy who tried to charge me R$3 for a post card (£1 – a card costs about 30p). I’m on the beach in Salvador, the Black capital of Brazil. Most of the slaves landed here and as you know, Brazil was the last major country to make slavery illegal (1850).
Traditionally then the city has a strong African heritage, though the fact Bob Marley ( a Jamaican) is their icon, illustrates the failure of black Brazil to sit at the table
On the day the greatest (Muhammad Ali ) celebrates his 70th birthday it is poignant to look at the state of Race Relations in the UK.
The denouement of the Stephen Lawrence murder trial last week descended into a characteristic moment of high Dickensian farce ; The week following the cold blooded execution of a Indian youth ( for being Indian), the press’ latest obsession became Diana Abbott’s Twitter account with the accusation that the honorary member for Haringey was a Racist.
It has taken 19 years for the Lawrence family to achieve any
As the annual mid winter revelry gathers momentum discarding all sense, reason (or Christianity- whatever that is) it’s nice to see that recent recruits to la Vice anglaise, Patrice Evra & Luis Suarez have stepped up to this Sceptered Isle by wholeheartedly entering into our seasonal pantomime spirit (oh no they didnt).
2011 perhaps won’t be celebrated as a vintage year that will go down in the annals of history, but the temptation to reminisce about the past 12 months, proves as irresistible as an old itch.
As another Black History month (Oct) slips away, with that characteristic Northampton indifference, it’s interesting to note that the Deputy Prime Minister thought it opportune to bring up the vexed situation of racial discrimination in … football? With the assiduous timing of an alzheimic Slepp Blatter, the government announces the sell off of Northern Rock to Branson, casually losing the odd half billion, whilst attempting to hike civil service pensions by 6%.
Ombudsmen exist to deal with complaints from citizens about certain public bodies or private sector services.
The services provided by ombudsmen are free of charge although you have to shed a lot of blood sweat and tears to get to the final outcome.
Each ombudsman scheme operates under slightly different rules, but in general an ombudsman does not consider a complaint unless the organisation, business or professional standards body concerned has first been given a reasonable opportunity to deal with it.
If the ombudsman decides to conduct a formal investigation, a written report on the investigation will be issued, and will normally set
