Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Save the Children staff furious over ‘global legacy’ award for Tony Blair

Internal letter signed by almost 200 staff members says award is ‘morally reprehensible’ and endangers STC’s credibility globally



Harriet Sherwood


The Guardian, Tuesday 25 November 2014 15.27 GMT






The charity Save the Children faces a backlash from staff after it presented Tony Blair with a “global legacy award” in New York last week – despite privately acknowledging that he is a controversial and divisive figure.

Amid widespread criticism on social media, many of the charity’s staff have complained that the presentation of the award has discredited Save the Children (STC). An internal letter, which gathered almost 200 signatures – including senior regional staff – in the first six hours of dissemination, said the award was not only “morally reprehensible, but also endangers our credibility globally”, and called for it to be withdrawn.

It said that staff wished to distance themselves from the award and demanded a review of the charity’s decision-making process.

“We consider this award inappropriate and a betrayal to Save the Children’s founding principles and values. Management staff in the region were not communicated with nor consulted about the award and were caught by surprise with this decision,” it said.

The move has also raised questions about Save the Children’s (STC) integrity and independence because of close links between the former British prime minister and key figures at the charity’s helm.




More puke here: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/25/save-the-children-furious-charity-global-legacy-tony-blair

because you and all your fellow bitter bedmates like to comlain and whine and moan about the unfairness private schools and anything else that may be better - and therefore reprehensible - than the average
you might be better employed (if employable) picking out the (very) good bits, of which there are many, acknowledging same openly, and then discussing how they might be utilised or incorporated elsewhere

you also asked me obliquely about NHS to which i responded (accurately), but of course you didn't like that answer either, so your only reaction is to swamp it with yet more silage

the man above should be in a for murder is lies have destroyed the world

those black people in ferguson are just scum they never protest when ever day black kill blacks for drug crimes and they close the curtains to faced black people
their children get shot not a word a police man does is job and they riot .

you can not help these scum they are brain dead

TANKER you shouldnt speak like that about Cynic, come on its just a B/Board.

IN FOR MURDER????????????????

It's the politicians who are brain dead in America. Obama tried to get stricter gun laws put in place but Congress voted against the amendments. People run around with guns like it's the norm in that country - utter madness.

Well if you don't like it don't vote for it DB.

Stan, what are you saying? I don't understand that post.

black and Asians will destroy the planet

David Bellamy?

Naaah!

Obviously, it's David Beckham!

TANKER ohhh I see you meant Tony Blair not Cynic. Apologies.

Unbelievable, Camoron still trending on Twitter, this is the 6th day it must be a world record.

Camoron Must GO

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Hey up whats going on at MILL...........Harriet Green leaving TCG?????????????????

YIKES just seen the SP, thank god I didnt buy them they were on my watch list.

Oh for pete sake DB you must do, Gun Nutter land is a right wing (like this island) outfit dominated by isolationist government and has been over the years, so as I say if you don't want this country to end up like another Gun Nutter outfit don't vote for these right wing outfits in the future.

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sticky - you're a VERY bad boy :-)

GF<

Can I borrow you god for a short while.

I had a small holding, which is now smaller, but bought a few SBS on drop.

Must admit nearly cleared the deck of SBs of most holdings yesterday.

Annoying.

If I live long enough I might learn a bit more!

8-)

..Unlike being a very stupid boy like you Alf -):

there's a great advantage in being perceived as stupid