tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:39:47 +0000Labour PartyDoverIdiot WatchThieving ToeragsGordon BrownOtherEuroElectionsSmeargateWHSmithsDraperMcBrideJacqui SmithToriesDover District CouncilExtortionPRSPerforming RightsBudgetChris PreciousFat CatsGuido FawkesMandlesonAlistair DarlingGeneral ElectionLabourListPhormSwimminghttp://doverwatch.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)Blogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-1166512241365399405Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:49:00 +00002011-11-28T18:42:05.391+00:00OtherI was much amused to hear that the Cabinet Secretary, Gus O'Donnell - or Sir Gusset as I’ve heard him referred to in a rather typical schoolboy(ish) fashion on more than one occasion - has been whinging to the Public Administration Select Committee that the Freedom of Information Act is interfering with his ability to give advice to ministers.One particular complaint, which he made in his usual http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2011/11/minister-if-i-might-suggest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-8961428790967786162Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:24:00 +00002011-11-25T18:35:20.197+00:00Idiot WatchThere is an old saying about 'speaking too soon' or as I once heard an American put it, "You just had to open your mouth, didn't ya!"Well, I lost my broadband connection a few days after making that last post.Annoying but not earth shattering. Losing the connection is not a particularly rare event as it is a BT line and with no competing services at my local exchange I'm stuck with whatever they http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2011/11/its-not-dead-its-just-resting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-2686037596341434078Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:48:00 +00002011-10-26T21:02:33.979+01:00OtherThe person - or persons - who have been trying to break into my Doverwatch accounts are nothing if not persistent and while the Techo-Rabbi is fairly certain they've been unsuccessful, what they have succeeded in doing is temporarily stop me from posting while the attacks are 'in progress'.So what you can expect for the forseeable future is a brief flurry of activity followed by a somewhat longerhttp://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2011/10/seconds-out-round-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-3483401478431531315Mon, 02 May 2011 21:29:00 +00002011-05-02T22:29:43.506+01:00DoverLast week I received an email from the new deputy manager at Ivybank Residential Care Home which is reopening tomorrow under new ownership.She didn't go into a great deal of detail but did mention that the premises have been extensively refurbished and redecorated, has new management, new staff, etc.I understand that their recent open day was fairly well attended by the usual suspects. Social http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2011/05/ivybank.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-589543383568871005Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:55:00 +00002011-04-02T17:17:27.381+01:00DoverI was much amused to see Bob Goldfield's pathetic attempts to bribe DHB staff and their families fail so spectacularly.With more than 97% of the Dover residents who turned out voting in favour of a 'People's Port' , it was as clear a message telling him where to stick his proposal as you can get.As you would expect from someone with 'close ties' to the Tories, he's blaming the whole thing on his http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2011/04/over-our-dead-bodies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-8776224324305264294Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:40:00 +00002011-03-26T18:43:45.272+00:00Idiot WatchI'm constantly amazed by the extremes that Americans will go to in their desperation to prove that Homosexuality is a disease.Everything from psychobabble about Faulty Parenting, Unsuitable Home Environment, Unisex Schooling, Masturbation...To more 'medically' inclined explanations such as Mental Illness and Genetic Disorders have been cited as possible 'causes'.Now a paper circulating within thehttp://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2011/03/oh-no-not-more-queer-science.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-6583588613553942484Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:34:00 +00002011-03-24T21:31:47.525+00:00WHSmithsA business acquaintance was interviewing last week and in amongst the usual mixed bag of no-shows and timewasters - sent along by the employment service in order to fill their quota - was a woman who would have been suitable had she not refused to say why she was leaving her current job.Normally that's a bad sign. In this case the woman insisted that she had done nothing wrong but had been http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2011/03/decline-and-fall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-43894736379987019Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:55:00 +00002011-03-12T15:04:25.340+00:00OtherNormally this is where I would make some pathetic sounding excuse about my workload and not having enough time.The fact that it’s true. I do have an enormous workload which leaves me with barely enough time to do what I need to, never mind anything else is besides the point.“I didn’t have time" still sounds like a pathetic excuse.However on this occasion it was a security problem and not a lack http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2011/03/another-long-gap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-4509059761440219575Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:31:00 +00002010-10-12T12:05:42.808+01:00ToriesI was much amused in an exasperated sort of way, to hear Boris Johnson blathering on last week about ‘sex workers’ and the alleged threat they pose to the London Olympic Games in 2012 claiming that“Major sporting events are often linked to an upsurge in demand for prostitution”.Naturally he declined to provide any evidence to support this ridiculous claim which ranks him alongside Labour MP http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/10/2012-olympic-games-threatened-by-boris.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-9017057345110929451Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:04:00 +00002010-10-07T12:27:19.185+01:00Idiot WatchSome of you may have seen the Gordon Brown parodies based on the bunker scene from the film Downfall featuring Adolf Hitler as Gordon Brown.I found most of them quite amusing but the real Gordon Brown’s reaction to them was much, much better. To paraphrase Queen Victoria, he was not amused. After viewing one in particular he then ‘parodied the parody’ so to speak, by have a temper tantrum much http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/10/some-of-you-may-have-seen-gordon-brown.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-5137002629747458053Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:04:00 +00002010-10-06T14:17:01.690+01:00DoverBy now everyone has no doubt heard about the ‘incident’ at Archers Court or as it is now known Dover Christchurch Academy.There’s certainly been enough coverage of it in the media with some ‘parents’ actually supporting the actions of the pupils.What hasn’t received much in the way of media attention is the injuries sustained by staff and pupils who refused to take part or were otherwise http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/10/artchas-coart-skool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-430504096135173708Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +00002010-09-30T18:42:17.347+01:00Idiot WatchMy techie friend has been having a whale of a time after some idiot at ACS Law made an unencrypted backup containing a substantial quantity of their emails available on their website last week.As some people may already know,‭ ‬ACS Law is the London based law firm run by Andrew Crossley which has become notorious for it's abuse of the legal system to extort money from people accused - wrongly in http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/09/poetic-justice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-4708712350399414071Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:39:00 +00002010-09-23T18:17:29.832+01:00OtherMy wife and I had dinner last night with some friends from London, one of whom is a senior surgical registrar at a teaching hospital.The conversation naturally turned to the Pope’s visit which had caused the hospital a few problems. Along with staff demanding time off for “religious reasons" - not all of whom were Catholic it seems - there was the inevitable traffic congestion and a veritable http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/09/oops.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-3515045715743481392Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:36:00 +00002010-09-20T14:40:49.483+01:00Guido FawkesI was at a Labour Party‭ ‘‬thing‭’ ‬last week and despite the change in leadership,‭ ‬little else seems to have changed.I’m still a traditional socialist and the neo-tory fascists of new labour are still treating me like the victim of a horrendously disfiguring and highly contagious disease.But I was expecting that of course.‭ ‬It’s something I’ve gotten used to and quite frankly,‭ ‬I would be http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/09/staine-resistant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-7998790438554262501Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:15:00 +00002010-09-17T20:27:27.437+01:00Labour PartyLambeth Councillor Kingsley Abrams who was suspended from the Lambeth Labour group after retaining his seat with an increased majority is to be rather‭ ‬grudgingly‭ “‬invited to rejoin the ranks‭”‬.I say‭ ‬grudgingly because in addition to the short,‭ ‬rather curt message on the Labour in Lambeth website‭ ‬-‭ ‬which incidentally,‭ ‬contains no hint of reconciliation.‭ ‬The Lambeth Labour group http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/09/wel-cough-choke-welcome-back-kingsley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-6778803993856867592Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:40:00 +00002010-09-16T17:03:18.053+01:00DoverI was rather amused to hear of a certain local politician who is refusing to have a vasectomy because he thinks it might have an adverse effect on his chances of being re-elected.No, this is not a joke. He genuinely seems to believe that some people will not vote for him if he has ‘The Snip’.I would suggest that only a devout Catholic could be so daft - the Catholic Church has made it’s feelings http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/09/would-you-vote-for-him.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-3399612955137780750Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:59:00 +00002010-09-15T11:18:30.326+01:00DoverI been hearing a lot of people complaining about this year’s Dover carnival which took place Sunday.Boring, wasn’t worth the effort, etc. The usual sort of nonsense I expect from members of the Whingers and Whiners Club for whom it seems, nothing is ever good enough.Unfortunately on this occasion I would have to agree with them. Most people did seem to find it disappointing, particularly those http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/09/is-that-all-there-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-1896726757896255221Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:23:00 +00002010-09-09T17:33:33.158+01:00Idiot WatchWHSmithsI popped into Smiths on my way past yesterday afternoon to pick a newspaper and was just in time to catch the accounts clerk ‘remonstrating’ with her colleagues over their somewhat strange obsession with her private life.From what I can gather it started with their ‘persistent’ questions as to why she was there in the afternoon instead of the morning and deteriorated from there until it reached http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/09/may-i-have-your-attention-please.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-8965617977161286446Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:25:00 +00002010-08-24T23:38:53.216+01:00Dover District CouncilLabour PartyThere’s been a bit of a row going on in Lambeth over the council’s monitoring of Councillor Kingsley Abrams email and his subsequent suspension from the local Labour group for four months.However what seems to have been 'overlooked’ amongst all the shouting, accusations, counter-accusations, etc. is that the email incident which led to his suspension was simply another attempt in a sustained http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/08/simply-bad-management.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-5355887163826253303Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:50:00 +00002010-08-02T23:12:16.412+01:00DoverI was at the Waves cafe in De Bradelei Wharf a couple of weeks ago when I overheard two of the staff discussing how they could get rid of the new cook.Apparently one of them wanted ‘her’ job back.Their idea was to plant something in the cook’s bag then inform the manager they had seen her put it there.At the time I simply ignored it. I hear a lot of this sort of petty spiteful gossip - it’s http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/08/rogue-waves.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-1985271715719533389Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:47:00 +00002010-06-10T14:08:11.316+01:00OtherAny parent knows - or should know at the very least - that the more intelligent a child is, the more careful you have to be about what you say in front of them.The problem is that not only do we sometimes forget this, children usually have extremely good hearing - particularly when it’s something they’re not supposed to hear - and a remarkable ability to be ’within earshot’ when you’re not http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/06/whats-your-dollys-name_10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-4549184202252345463Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:39:00 +00002010-06-10T13:05:15.009+01:00Dover District CouncilIdiot WatchIt seems that not all of Dover District Council's staff have got the message about it's alleged commitment to recycling.A certain nameless DDC official recently told a local school that they could not have the materials they wanted for a school project as they were to be incinerated. When the school attempted to clarify what it naturally assumed to be a health and safety issue they were told."Oh http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/06/recycle-request-refused.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-1889811492043542614Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:09:00 +00002010-06-08T09:36:38.365+01:00Gordon BrownLabour PartyOtherIn the weeks before the election it was suggested that the reason for my long silence was that I had been 'identified' and subsequently crucified by party enforcers or perhaps even by the blackshirts themselves.That's not unreasonable considering the way I've criticised the behaviour of the party leadership and Gordon Brown in particular. But alas, as so often in real life, the true reason is http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/06/while-i-was-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-264419581384686419Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:37:00 +00002010-06-08T09:53:16.712+01:00General ElectionLabour PartyWell it's finally happened.David Geffen... I mean Peter Mandleson... erm... Gordon Brown, has called a General Election.Normally a Prime Minister, or in this case a Deranged Scots Git, will call an election when they think it will give them the best chance of winning.However with Gordon Brown being the only person on the planet who still believes we have a gnat's chance in hell of winning, the http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2010/04/at-bloody-last.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671234774365842044.post-6663656944318423260Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:17:00 +00002009-09-28T21:30:54.126+01:00Gordon BrownIt seems that Gordon Brown's instinct for self-preservation is still working despite his rapidly disintegrating mental state - or he is no longer capable of telling the truth - judging by the way he lied when Andrew Marr asked him if he was taking pills to 'help him get through'.One thing is for certain. His expression when Marr asked the question followed by his not-so-private temper tantrum http://doverwatch.blogspot.com/2009/09/give-me-my-pills-quickly-i-need-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DoverWatch)0