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Previously on "Those of you on lucrative public sector contracts"

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  • ratewhore
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    Some high-profile public sector programmes cannot be dropped...

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  • swamp
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    Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post
    They will have to given the Debtors prisons will be overflowing - hmm that could be another area of Public expansion for the re-elected Labour party.
    Haven't had debtors prisons since the Victorian age. If we did, they'd soon be full of disgraced by-to-letters.

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  • AlfredJPruffock
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    Originally posted by swamp View Post
    WHS

    Besides, my work is related to criminal justice; the Tories may actually increase spending in this area
    They will have to given the Debtors prisons will be overflowing - hmm that could be another area of Public expansion for the re-elected Labour party.

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  • swamp
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    Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post
    Not especially. It's the £1800/day bloaters like EDS that suffer when people try and cut costs.
    WHS

    Besides, my work is related to criminal justice; the Tories may actually increase spending in this area

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  • AlfredJPruffock
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    Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
    More like got him frothing at the mouth and about to have a seizure
    Aye OS

    The truth hurts and the Pruffock Social Observatory rarely is wrong.

    Three cheers for our economic saviour Gordon !

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  • oracleslave
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    Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post

    There - I bet that has made your day.
    More like got him frothing at the mouth and about to have a seizure

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  • AlfredJPruffock
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    Originally posted by Cyberman View Post
    Cuts in the public sector are a necessity, but they should and will fall on permies with their taxpayer subsidised pensions, unlimited sick leave, unaccountability and non-jobs.
    Perhaps this is Labours strongest card for re-election - now that their economic bundling has been labeled as the fault of the Piggies in the US - the vast amount of State workers who have been angry with their falling property prices (which now they realise was not the fault of Labour - ha ha !) may well yet win the election for Labour as they realise that their cushy State job will be no more should the Tories win -and make no mistake - cut they will.

    I therefore predict a narrow Labour victory.

    There - I bet that has made your day.

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  • Peoplesoft bloke
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    Originally posted by Cyberman View Post
    Cuts in the public sector are a necessity, but they should and will fall on permies with their taxpayer subsidised pensions, unlimited sick leave, unaccountability and non-jobs.
    For once I agree with you - and I really hope that happens - history suggests otherwise, but we'll see.

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  • Cyberman
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    Cuts in the public sector are a necessity, but they should and will fall on permies with their taxpayer subsidised pensions, unlimited sick leave, unaccountability and non-jobs.

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  • thunderlizard
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    There you go! Assuming 1 contractor can do the work of 10 EDS men, that's 2000 more contracts for us!

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  • scooterscot
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    If it's true I'm voting Tory...

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  • oracleslave
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    Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post
    Not especially. It's the £1800/day bloaters like EDS that suffer when people try and cut costs.
    They are suffering already I think as they just had 20000 odd jobs cut afaik

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  • thunderlizard
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    Not especially. It's the £1800/day bloaters like EDS that suffer when people try and cut costs.

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  • Bagpuss
    started a topic Those of you on lucrative public sector contracts

    Those of you on lucrative public sector contracts

    Are you worried the Conservatives might get in, cut the spending on these projects and make you unemployed?

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