tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post1531346576582650435..comments2024-03-29T06:40:58.606+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Vested InterestsJim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-34501442441032427242013-06-29T09:34:33.540+01:002013-06-29T09:34:33.540+01:00Graylings also been at it as you probably already ...Graylings also been at it as you probably already know. But you could look at his expence claims on line if you've a mind to. Nice flat chris, surely paid for by results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-48191453614319978762013-06-29T08:24:27.941+01:002013-06-29T08:24:27.941+01:00Well I didn't know that! The Wikipedia entry i...Well I didn't know that! The Wikipedia entry is extremely illuminating and judging by the comments here, his fan club is likely to be quite a small, select affair. Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-14222195563787935552013-06-29T07:51:31.997+01:002013-06-29T07:51:31.997+01:00It' s actually Gideon Oliver Osborne, but the ...It' s actually Gideon Oliver Osborne, but the rest is right! Over privaliged, contemptable and its worth having a dig about on google to see some of his more unsavoury actions. Not just dodging parking fees and rail fares, but did you really use a loop hole to avoid paying £55,000 in capital gains tax when 'flipping' your property sale?<br />I struggle with the brass neck of all this. When people released from prison under supervision have huge difficulty finding accommodation. And if their lucky enough to find a private landlord to take them on, they can no longer get community care grants for furniture. Most will have to pay a top up on their rent from the£70 a week they get, council tax contribution, utillity bills and water rates. Many have historical loans that are stopped at source from benifits and of course maybe they'll want something to eat too.<br />The extra time to wait to make a claim Gideon has just announced will not have much impact on reducing reoffending rates methinks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-30384935428272510842013-06-28T16:57:50.864+01:002013-06-28T16:57:50.864+01:00As well as mentioning 'vested interests' O...As well as mentioning 'vested interests' Osborne also said he wouldn't listen to those who caused the deficit in the fist place - since its MPs who approved lax banking regulation and government spending plans, that would be MPs wouldn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-83280074306092415002013-06-28T13:07:32.941+01:002013-06-28T13:07:32.941+01:00Osbourne has stated loudly and very publically tha...Osbourne has stated loudly and very publically that he harbours signifigant resentment towards a welfare state. As such I suggest his decision making and smug remarks are not objective but born from personal agenda.<br />Nothing for nothing he says. Well George pay your train fare, stop nicking disabled car parking spaces, and most of all please stop taking the piss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-78914333652163227722013-06-28T11:06:50.724+01:002013-06-28T11:06:50.724+01:00Osbourne is a really contemptable individual indee...Osbourne is a really contemptable individual indeed. But when I look at either front bench I just see smug over privaliged young yuppies.<br />I think its time that polititions returned to looks of old like Wilson Callaghan and Benn, with those lived in faces that made you almost believe they did things for national interest and social good, and not personal success, financial gain and celebrity status. Yuppies.... All of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-67441976979740148372013-06-28T10:38:32.539+01:002013-06-28T10:38:32.539+01:00Osbourne likes to sneer. He has a throwback qualit...Osbourne likes to sneer. He has a throwback quality, he would have fitted well into a Dickensian narrative. His latest turn of the screw for the unemployed produced this soundbite: “Those first few days should be spent looking for work not looking to sign on”. Osbourne was born into money, went to Eton and an elite university. He would have no sense of the fear and uncertainty that losing a job can bring. His soundbite oozes contempt. The majority of households have little disposable income and and little by way of savings to get them through hard times. But Osbourne still twists the knife.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com