Tag Archives: Prime Minister

Special advisers – “Nice work if you can get it”

It was recently reported in the press – 16th July 2016 that Cameron overruled Whitehall to boost aides’ pay-outs to £1 million and an encore  for top players in Prime Minister’ s Home Office team. I recently made a Freedom of Information enquiry on special advisers. I was informed that special advisers are recruited as temporary […]

Marauding politicians abuse the English language

In The Guardian on the 10th August an article by Frances Perraudin “Marauding migrants threaten our standard of living”. Philip Hammond’s inflammatory and gratuitous language along with that of the Prime Minister’s injudicious use of the word swarm. Couple this with the flaccid response from the Labour, we are left with a hugh question mark over […]