Lynne
Ahem! For those who might like to know more about this I noticed that BBC Spotlight featured it in their lunch time programme today. I imagine they will be running the same feature in their 6.30pm programme this evening.
Interesting letter in this week's Gazette from DARE about this matter amongst other things pointing out that various groups in the town benefit from the farmer/landowner offering this particular piece of land to the air show, carnival, and firework display for free and asking that all groups in the town that benefit from this (including the tourism industry and the shops in the town centre) appeal ...
Interesting article; http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/revolting-times-our-ruling-class-needs-to-pay-heed-to-its-fedup-subjects-now-9819481.html
http://blogs.channel4.com/michael-crick-on-politics/eu-bill-david-cameron-conservative-party-ukip-rochester/4571 and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29757296 oh what an interesting (political) time we are living in........
Caught the 17.22 back to Dawlish from Exeter Central yesterday. Rush hour going home time right? Two carriages on. Reminded me of the London underground at rush hour. Thought to myself why only two carriages? Then thought, rather cynically, because two carriages cost less than three or four but can still carry the same amount of people albeit many of them having to stand. And most people would ...
Take a read of the editorial headed "National leaders fail to address local needs" on page 10 of this week's Dawlish Post.
You will remember there was a strike by some NHS staff earlier this week about their not receiving a 1% pay rise. There is an editorial in this week's Dawlish Post on page 8 headed the "National Wealth Service" which refers to that strike whilst pointing out that the trust that runs Torbay Hospital is presently looking for a new chief executive. According to the DP "the last postholder was paid ...
http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Orange-Army-win-engineering-Oscar-putting-Dawlish/story-23235305-detail/story.html
Have just had this link sent to me http://rogerhturner.com/2014/10/16/when-is-a-pension-not-a-pension/ I think the article makes some interesting points concerning an individual's future private pension provision vs the individual's new right to do what s/he likes with their private pension pot. In your 50s? 'ave a read.
The latest from Osborne http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/workers-could-be-forced-to-pay-5-a-week-to-get-benefits-9794571.html (make sure you read the comments underneath the article)
