This Christmas Card has been issued in acknowledgment of the assurances being given by Parliament to clean up its act with regard to the scandal of MPs expenses.
The decision by Manchester City Council to close all but one of its public loos caused alarm amongst many of those who suffer from a weak bladder. Believe me when I say it is no joke looking for the nearest toilet.
They ignored the fact that many of their elderly investors, who made regular small withdrawals, were reluctant to carry around large amounts of cash. Unusual decision given that it is owned by its members as a mutual society. Not so caring as its adverts would have you believe
Liberal Democrat ministers were pressing for the means-testing of universal benefits. Clearly none of them, if any , have first hand experience of the bureaucratic hoops one has to jump through in this type of situation.
On the plus side, depriving Millionaires of their bus passes would provide employment for thousands of civil servants currently under threat of losing their jobs.
