Long weeks
Dec. 1st, 2004 08:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sobriqueIs it really only Wednesday? It seems much longer for some reason.
Ah well, busy is kinda good. It's a fine excuse to 'prioritise' the crappy jobs down into the bin.
Christmas shopping is in the works. It's looking like i'll be able to get everything I want on the internet, which means I don't have to brave the hellish mass of screaming brats and panic stricken chav scum.
SINergy is this weekend. Last session for a couple of months (For obvious reasons, we're not having one the first Sunday in Jan). Which is nice. I think I'll try a few lighter-hearted things. Anyone got a Santa costume? :)
In the news this morning, is David Blunkett. Who's in the firing line for 'abuse of power'.
And the heinous charges he's accused of?
Giving his train ticket to a girlfriend.
Reading an immigration application (which subsequently was processed a little faster).
It's a total non-event.
Reading through an immigration application is just doing a favour for a friend.
Fast tracking it? Well, again, who cares? As long as he didn't bend the rules (eg. she wouldn't have otherwise got one) how much difference does it really make if it takes 12 weeks or 12 months?
The train ticket was a little naughty (I understand he's now apologised, and repayed the fare) but really. It's not like he invaded Iraq or anything.
If I'm in a position, and someone I like (doesn't even have to be a friend) asks if I wouldn't mind having a quick look to see if they've done anything wrong, then I see no problem.
Expediting the application through the mountains of civil-service bureacracy. Again, does anyone really care?
An abuse of power it may be, but it's hardly anything to scream, shout and set up an enquiry about.
There are many things I'd like to see a government furore about. Single train tickets and helping an friend's application really aren't on that list.
Ah well, busy is kinda good. It's a fine excuse to 'prioritise' the crappy jobs down into the bin.
Christmas shopping is in the works. It's looking like i'll be able to get everything I want on the internet, which means I don't have to brave the hellish mass of screaming brats and panic stricken chav scum.
SINergy is this weekend. Last session for a couple of months (For obvious reasons, we're not having one the first Sunday in Jan). Which is nice. I think I'll try a few lighter-hearted things. Anyone got a Santa costume? :)
In the news this morning, is David Blunkett. Who's in the firing line for 'abuse of power'.
And the heinous charges he's accused of?
Giving his train ticket to a girlfriend.
Reading an immigration application (which subsequently was processed a little faster).
It's a total non-event.
Reading through an immigration application is just doing a favour for a friend.
Fast tracking it? Well, again, who cares? As long as he didn't bend the rules (eg. she wouldn't have otherwise got one) how much difference does it really make if it takes 12 weeks or 12 months?
The train ticket was a little naughty (I understand he's now apologised, and repayed the fare) but really. It's not like he invaded Iraq or anything.
If I'm in a position, and someone I like (doesn't even have to be a friend) asks if I wouldn't mind having a quick look to see if they've done anything wrong, then I see no problem.
Expediting the application through the mountains of civil-service bureacracy. Again, does anyone really care?
An abuse of power it may be, but it's hardly anything to scream, shout and set up an enquiry about.
There are many things I'd like to see a government furore about. Single train tickets and helping an friend's application really aren't on that list.
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Date: 2004-12-02 02:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-02 03:33 am (UTC)Mr Blunkett has sent a letter to half a million voters and with it is a questionnaire. The Register wrote this:
"But this is new: along with the letter is a questionnaire asking how Labour is doing, how the recipient is likely to vote next time round and so on. It even has a handy Freepost return envelope. The first question is the bit that we like:
Do you welcome plans to tackle organised crime, illegal immigration, benefit fraud and national security through the introduction of ID cards?
Respondents are given the option to say Yes, No, or Don't Know. There is no option to tick that says: Can we have that as two separate questions, please, Mr. Blunkett?
If that isn't stacking the decks, we don't know what is."