Judging John Prescott "on the job"
Remember a few weeks ago when John Prescott asked to be judged by his performance "on the job?"
By an amusing chance, a couple of months after this comment, we arrive at the set assessment date for a challenge he previously set himself.
Five years ago, when in charge of a department which included transport, John Prescott set a criteria for assessing his success "on the job." He announced that if, within five years, there were not many more journeys by public transport, he would have failed.
Well, we've now had the figures for the change in journey numbers by car over that five year period. And they show that, on his own terms, Prescott has indeed failed.
When the Prime Minister came back from holiday, he announced his new idea of targetting toddlers who may grow up to become problem individuals - at one point in a TV interview he suggested that potential problem children might be identified even before birth. More about this later in the week, but I had to laugh when the television put up a slide about the cost to society of dysfunctional individuals. They suggested that a dysfunctional adult can cost society £25,000 a year. Of course, if a dysfunctional person becomes Deputy Prime Minister he can cost society ten times that amount just in the wasted salary and benefits ...
By an amusing chance, a couple of months after this comment, we arrive at the set assessment date for a challenge he previously set himself.
Five years ago, when in charge of a department which included transport, John Prescott set a criteria for assessing his success "on the job." He announced that if, within five years, there were not many more journeys by public transport, he would have failed.
Well, we've now had the figures for the change in journey numbers by car over that five year period. And they show that, on his own terms, Prescott has indeed failed.
When the Prime Minister came back from holiday, he announced his new idea of targetting toddlers who may grow up to become problem individuals - at one point in a TV interview he suggested that potential problem children might be identified even before birth. More about this later in the week, but I had to laugh when the television put up a slide about the cost to society of dysfunctional individuals. They suggested that a dysfunctional adult can cost society £25,000 a year. Of course, if a dysfunctional person becomes Deputy Prime Minister he can cost society ten times that amount just in the wasted salary and benefits ...
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Latest is that a really big mate of Lord Sainsbury has been arrested in the Cash for Peerages row that Tony Blair, Levy, Falconer et al are no doubt upto their necks in... and the row gathers pace as the Labour Conference draws near....
Reports in the national media suggesting that multi-millionaire Labour Party donor Christopher Evans is a long time Tony Crony are also pretty accurate.
Anyone with that amount of money
is bound to be on Mrs Blair's freebie list.
Sir Christopher is already under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office, which is looking into claims about the
misappropriation of £2.5 million of company funds.
So where did he make his
money?
It seems a lot stems from bio-tech companies - that have received numerous large grants of government (ie taxpayers) money - funny that really
isn't it?!
Will there be more on the connection between Evans and the £100 million of Government money due to be spent on stem cell research?
Sir Chris also unveiled Labour's science manifesto in April during last year's general election campaign standing next to Tony.
I doubt we''ll see him so close again unless its in court.
This is just one big turkey!