Public Sector Employee Gifts

"Remember, you no longer work for the private sector. In the public sector, the customer is never right."

'Get behind me Satan!'

Clinical waste.

The Elephant in the Corner.

'I'd be interested to hear ideas on how to improve your efficiency.'

"With our budgets slashed, the Tories think the private sector could show us how to manage."

Bureaucracy in the Public Sector

"Breaking news: struggling, retired Chicago municipal worker has trouble making payments on second Porsche."

"We had to cancel the businessman's lunch -- There's not much demand for it any more."

"Podge is stocking up ahead of the dinner ladies strike."

Council spending cuts.

Happy Retirement.

'Don't become a police officer or a nurse or a fireman or a teacher or a council worker or a...'

Redundancy cuts

'The police cuts are really biting.'

"Another 3% 'efficiency' savings...how do the beancounters at treasury come up with these figures?"

"It's always been the part of the job I find most difficult...when you're faced with some poor, weak, inadequate desperate individual. I find it almost impossible to say no to them."

"The new minimum wage has had a big impact on the cost of providing social care..."

"On a more positive note the guidance we’ve published on the services we can’t provide is published in 37 different languages."

"You've got to fill in these forms to join the 'How to reduce bureaucracy' seminar."

'Am I being too suspicious or do you think it's possible that they're crooked?'

"So we are agreed then, most of the targets we've set staff are completely unreasonable and we should just scrap them."

Storm in the out tray

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

Quality Control

'...We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause..."

"What was I thinking?!"

Health Advisory: Flint Water has lead, Ann Arbor water has dioxane.

How a Bill Becomes a Law, 2023

It's a new government directive requiring us to be 58% more cheerful within 18 months.

Why Cows Leave Home

Flat tax - equal burden?

'I'm afraid the cuts are beginning to bite!'

'It's historic that the inauguration of a minority is now routine.'

"We live in the golden age of fake news, alternative facts and spin control. Your resume is too truthful."