Tom Watson MP
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| Blog Name: | Tom Watson MP |
| Url: | http://www.tom-watson.co.uk |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | politics, media, gardening |
| Description: | Personal blog of UK Labour MP and Cabinet Office Minister, Tom Watson. |
| Popularity: | 80 Followers |
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Tories on Lisbon
Surprise, surprise. Conservative Home: The Tories will NOT hold a referendum on Lisbon but seek a ‘manifesto mandate’ to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the EU.
Surprise, surprise. Conservative Home: The Tories will NOT hold a referendum on Lisbon but seek a ‘manifesto mandate’ to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the EU.
The Sun
This morning, The Sun has apologised. (PDF)
This morning, The Sun has apologised. (PDF)
Tories may privatise the Met office
I’m not sure if Liam Fox has done his homework with this story, that the Tories may privatise the Met Office. From memory, I think that the Met office makes a surplus. It’s a Trading Fund with the MoD being the lead department in government. Sure, they could privatise it and make some money but it wouldn’t cut costs at the MoD. It might arguably increase spending given that our Defence personnel consume a lot of weather information. To purchase the stuff from a commercially focussed, privatised Met Office may cost them more than they currently pay. I’m sure his colleague General Da
I’m not sure if Liam Fox has done his homework with this story, that the Tories may privatise the Met Office. From memory, I think that the Met office makes a surplus. It’s a Trading Fund with the MoD being the lead department in government. Sure, they could privatise it and make some money but it wouldn’t cut costs at the MoD. It might arguably increase spending given that our Defence personnel consume a lot of weather information. To purchase the stuff from a commercially focussed, privatised Met Office may cost them more than they currently pay. I’m sure his colleague General Da
Can I have my iPhone back?
Sometime between 10pm on Wednesday night and 11am on Thursday morning I lost my iPhone. Or, at least, I no longer have my iPhone. I presumed I’d left it in a colleague’s car and thought nothing of it, safe in the knowledge that I’d pick it up next week. That was until 8.30am this morning, when I logged into my email account and found that the phone had sent an email with the single subject heading “How” to an azia_gomes84@yahoo.com. I immediately emailed Azia to enlist her help in retrieving the phone. She hasn’t replied. After this I rang O2 where (are you listening useless vodafone?) I received excellent service from James who hails fro
Sometime between 10pm on Wednesday night and 11am on Thursday morning I lost my iPhone. Or, at least, I no longer have my iPhone. I presumed I’d left it in a colleague’s car and thought nothing of it, safe in the knowledge that I’d pick it up next week. That was until 8.30am this morning, when I logged into my email account and found that the phone had sent an email with the single subject heading “How” to an azia_gomes84@yahoo.com. I immediately emailed Azia to enlist her help in retrieving the phone. She hasn’t replied. After this I rang O2 where (are you listening useless vodafone?) I received excellent service from James who hails fro
In praise of….Francis Maude
This story “Conservatives plan to give ministers more power over the civil service” is fascinating. For all the bluster about NuLab centralisation of power, it shows the the British Conservative Party has no intention of letting go of the reins. In fact, if the article is true, it suggests that in the unlikely event of the Conservatives winning the next election, ministers will be given more power to run their departments, with greater hiring and firing powers and executive control of delivery. And my response is to say good on Francis Maude for having the courage to say it. Out of respect for the former civil servants I used t
This story “Conservatives plan to give ministers more power over the civil service” is fascinating. For all the bluster about NuLab centralisation of power, it shows the the British Conservative Party has no intention of letting go of the reins. In fact, if the article is true, it suggests that in the unlikely event of the Conservatives winning the next election, ministers will be given more power to run their departments, with greater hiring and firing powers and executive control of delivery. And my response is to say good on Francis Maude for having the courage to say it. Out of respect for the former civil servants I used t
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