Bullying in the Workplace

You may recall the furore over MP's expenses not so long ago, it wasn't a low profile incident to say the least. Well the first official inquiry into the matter was completed and delivered this week - ensuring as fearful a start as possible for our parliamentarians. It was a rather soft ruling, concentrating primarily on fairly arbitrary issues such as how much you should claim for cleaning and gardening and the like (but you have to start somewhere right? and i don't think we will be leaving it here what ever they might think)

Quite a few of the tricksy politicians saw themselves handing back a grand here and a grand there but hey, its not such a huge price to pay to regain public confidence is it? well i guess it must be because now they reckon they are being "victimized".

I don't know if i want to continue... I really thought we were getting somewhere... but no. Apparently having a healthy interest in how your own money is spent and being a bit peeved when you find out its going towards dusting down your local MP's Laura Ashley furniture sweet now constitutes bullying. Bullying? Really? because if i had to describe an example of bullying it might be... Oh How about; forcing someone to give you money weather they like it or not, no matter how little they have (threatening to lock them up if they don't) and then proceeding to piss said monies up the wall on what ever you choose - including on your self if you so wish and also not allowing the people you from whom have been pilfering cash to know where half of it goes. Sound familiar?

Oh yeah is the fucking tax system...

And for your visual delight this week I have drawn a lovely picture of Jacqui Smith making an apology she didn't mean. (If you saw her saying sorry in the house of commons this week and looked into those shifty eyes - you would have known she didn't mean it).