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Four more answers

On the Tsunami the issue of the slowness of the original response remains, but a relatively low proportion of government budget is being recycled back to the UK government.

On the relative merits of Pelicans and Puffins which is an important national issue to anyone who has to walk across a road. The Government claim that Puffins cause less vehicle delay, but they are in practice really nasty things to use for pedestrians (as I experienced yesterday at the Bus Mall).

So there are 73 Million live accounts on the National insurance register, but they have no idea how many are false.

Nor do they know how much people pay in pubs to get new false NINOs.

The DTI has made it clear that they told the press MG Rover needed a bridging loan

Comments

Will said…
My problem with puffin crossings is that if another pedestrian is standing between you and the signal, you can't see the red/green man.

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