Professional Signwriters: All The Right Letters…

...just not necessarily in the right order!

"She is a doctor and did not think it would be an issue."

Then perhaps her fitness to practice medicine in this country requires some urgent scrutiny?

Mohamed entered the UK a year ago when her husband obtained a job here and she is also studying in this country.

Dr. Mohamed told the court: 'I know I am guilty, but I did not intend to do this, but I was in a rush to go to Egypt and that is why I did this.

'I wanted to make sure I was free of Covid and did that lateral flow test. I did not believe it was a very big issue like this.'

What else don't you believe is 'a big issue', I wonder? 

She was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment, suspended for twelve months and ordered to perform 60 hours community service and pay £85 costs and a £128 victim surcharge.

No-one should be surprised by this, not at this point in the continuing downward spiral of Britain's reputation... 

We Should Be So Lucky, Fiona…

Fiona Millar thinks this is a bad thing…

A short-term goal is 4,000 chains running every school in the country, possibly reducing to 1,000 chains in 10 years. It means loss of independent legal status for all schools, the end of school governance as we know it, and multi-academy trusts able to top-slice millions from the budgets of schools that will be no different from branches of a supermarket.

I hope so!

I’ve never, for instance, been refused service in a supermarket because the staff were on strike.

Nor told by the manager and staff I can't buy another supermarket's product if I want to.

Nor lectured on morality when I'm selecting my baked beans and toilet rolls.

So I say: Bring....it....ON!

Give The NHS A Big Hand, Folks!

...truly, it's the envy of the world:

The nurses involved, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are all still believed to be working at the hospital.

Of course they are..! /sarc

But why would anyone do such a thing? Well...

Ms Hearsey’s family claim nurses damaged the doll, called Rachel, to force her to do as they said when she was admitted following a fall.

Ah, the caring profession!

Chief executive of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Richard Kirby said: "We are very sorry that this incident occurred and would like to apologise to Ms Hearsey and her family.

"The trust conducted a thorough internal investigation immediately following the incident and spoke with Ms Hearsey's family to discuss their concerns.

"The outcome and actions taken following the investigation were also shared with the family to reassure them that appropriate action had been undertaken and controls put in place to ensure that this would not happen again.

"Once again, we offer our sincere apologies."

You you suppose thry have these things in draft ready to go, with just the unfortunates' name to be inserted? It must save time...

Shan't! Won't! Can't Make Me!

Changes to the admission code to allow popular schools to expand and free schools to prioritise poorer pupils will not improve social mobility, school leaders say.

Well, not if they have anything to do with it, I'm sure. And we should listen to them, as they are experts in carrying out government policy sabotage...

General secretary Brian Lightman said: "When the last admissions code was published, ASCL said it was too long, too detailed and too complex. Therefore we welcome the intention to shorten and simplify it..."

Really? Strange sort of 'welcome'.

However, the changes must be fair and give all pupils an equal chance to receive a good education. We fear the proposed changes will have the opposite effect."

And just why is that?

"It will create sink schools in many areas of deprivation and hit hardest those children whose parents do not or cannot take an interest in their education," he commented.

And just how can you make them take an interest, Brian? Do you have any answers?

"Those schools left with the most challenging pupils, who need the most intensive support, will suffer a slow spiral of decline and their pupils will lose out on life chances. The effect will be another generation of haves and have-nots.

"Allowing free schools to prioritise students on free school meals is an arbitrary measure and unlikely to have an impact on the majority of low income families, who must actively make the choice to remove their child from the local school," Lightman continued.

Aren't choices part of parenting, then? Don't parents have to make them all the time?

And I'm seeing lots of complaints, but absolutely no suggestions for any...

Ah:

"Sadly these tend to be the parents who are least likely to engage with their child's education. In most cases, a pupil premium of £430 will hardly be enough of an incentive or a supplement for schools to provide the additional support that these pupils so often need."

So, what you really mean, Brian, is: 'Give us more money! Or we won't do our job properly!'.

H/T Laurence via email.

Not Helping To Dispel The Myth…

…of social workers as naïve, credulous fools who lap up every sob story they are given by their ‘clients’, is it?

A senior social worker heaped praise on Baby P’s mother after interviewing her about the toddler’s injuries four months before his death.

/facepalm

Sue Gilmore thanked Tracey Connelly for being ‘really open and completely honest’.

Boy, was her face red, eh? Mind you, she was luckier than Baby P, as it wasn’t blood…

Throughout the tape, Mrs Gilmore, a senior team manager in the social work department at Haringey, north London, appears eager to accept Connelly’s explanations for her son’s injuries.

And when Connelly says she wishes social workers would ‘back off and leave me alone’ she sympathises, saying that is a ‘straightforward thing to want’.

*grinds teeth*

Mrs Gilmore left Haringey Council in January 2008 and has never faced disciplinary proceedings.

She recorded the hour-long interview as part of a course in new social work methods aimed at encouraging parents to cooperate with the authorities.

She failed the training assignment and did not complete the course.

I think the only thing to do with Haringey Social Services is to sack the lot, and start over again…

Through her solicitor, Mrs Gilmore said the interview was not ‘investigative’, and that she co-operated with police and answered all their questions.

It might not have been ‘investigative’, but we certainly discovered a lot, didn’t we?

'Investigate'? What's That?

Red faces all around at Essex Police:

Police have issued an apology to a company they accused of being involved in a cold calling scam.

CPR Global Ltd were said to be charging people for a service which prevents unwanted cold calls when the Telephone Preference Service is available free of charge.

Even if they had been doing such a thing, that wouldn't necessarily have been illegal, of course. So quite why the police felt a need to stick their oar in (rather than punt it to Trading Standards) is anyone's guess.

But stick their oar in they did, and hilarity ensued!

Chris English from the Southend Crime and Disorder Partnership said: "We issued this warning with every good intention based on the information provided to us."

Translation: 'We got this email, like, and thought it was proper bad, innit?'

"We have since discovered that the named company provide a different service to that provided by the Telephone Preference Service and, as such, we should not have directly compared the two."

Translation: 'What do you mean, check it out? We're busy, and the cuts, and...'

"We would like to apologise unreservedly to CPR Global Ltd for releasing this inaccurate information and for any inconvenience caused."

Translation: 'Pleeeease don't sue us!'