God, I Forgive You

I am now the wrong side of forty and I do not have the blessings of a partner. I do not have the blessings of any children either. In fact, I live in a world of almost silence as the number of people that I communicate with each day can easily be counted on the fingers of one hand. Admittedly, I had a 'respectable' career once upon a time but I ruined it, but the God of second chances has chosen not to furnish me with a second chance. I also used to have a lot of money but through the march of time I frittered it away on gambling and on property investments that backfired. Again the God of second chances has apparently gone missing. You also allowed my daddy to be taken away from me at the age of fifty from cancer. I am left with few friends, no brothers, no car, no nothing. You even sent your son to die a horrible, torturous death on the cross apparently because I am such a bad person, thereby making me feel guilty that Jesus had to suffer such an agonising ordeal. You expect me to sit in church and suffer folk who humour me and patronise me [while inside they are thinking "Thank God that I'm not in his sad shoes".]
Maybe I didn't sing loud enough in church. Maybe I didn't pray in the right tone of voice all those numerous times when You refused to grant my prayer requests. Maybe I didn't put enough money in the collection plate. Maybe I'm the only person who ever went to bible study and spoke impressively, but whose life has been a paragon of hypocrisy. Gee, I must be the only person in world history whose Christianity was a bunch of empty words. [Surely not?!] Maybe my angels who have apparently been sent to watch over me aren't up to the job. Maybe when I 'repented' and said sorry, I didn't really mean it. Maybe I'm just a cruel, evil, nasty son of a bitch, and everyone else around me is a model citizen, a shining beacon of morality and righteousness. [Is everyone else really so terrific and I am so terrible?!]
Oh well, whatever the reason for the absence of your blessings, Father, I forgive You!

An All-Ireland Soccer Team Is A Must by the commentator and football historian Gary Watton

The dismal, not to say embarrassing, recent failures of both
Northern Ireland and their counterparts in the Republic of Ireland has
convincingly persuaded me that drastic surgery is required to heal the
sick men of Europe. Passing the managerial baton back and forth to
various hapless managers has clearly not worked on either side of the
border. In defence of the poor, wealthy managers, they can only do so
much with what they are provided with. There is after all no rich
sugar daddy owners or transfer windows at their disposal, so room for
manoeuvre is extremely limited. Northern Ireland in particular is
handicapped by a scarcity of footballing manpower, while in the
Republic, soccer must compete against the popular GAA for the
attention of the young. Furthermore, rugby union throughout the island
probably attracts more youngsters than was the case in previous
decades. Even the profile of Irish cricket has been elevated over the
last half a dozen years by the exploits of the national team at the
cricket World Cup.
     Not surprisingly, the six northern counties is seemingly unable
to supply the footballing superstars of yesteryear. The days when
Northern Ireland could produce high quality performers such as a Best
or a Jennings or a McIlroy are long gone. Nowadays, top English
players are struggling to get selected each week for the top English
teams, so what chance have the humble journeymen of Northern Ireland
got in such circumstances? Consequently, the majority of Northern
Ireland's squad are drawn from mediocre lower league clubs. This
speaks volumes for the calibre of players that we are offering these
days. Where once we had Armstrong or Blanchflower of Tottenham
Hotspur, Neill, Nelson and Rice of Arsenal, and Gregg, McGrath,
McCreery, Nicholl, and Whiteside of Manchester United, we can no
longer foresee the cream of English soccer acquiring Northern Irish
players. Most recent Northern Ireland teams would struggle in the SPL
or the English Championship. Most of the Northern Irish team would
struggle to be known or recognised by the next-door neighbour, let
alone the wider footballing public.
     The solution has to be an all-Ireland one. Regrettably, clinging
on to a separate Northern Ireland team is logic-defying and is a
manifestation of a sectarian undercurrent that will have no truck with
any vestige of Irish unity. This is all the more ridiculous when one
observes that we have a long-standing and thriving tradition of
all-Ireland cricket and rugby union teams. The existence of such
thirty-two counties sporting outfits has not led to the walls caving
in on Northern Ireland or the six counties being invaded by the forces
of the Vatican, so please let sanity prevail and combine the dubious
strengths of the six counties with the rest of the island into an
all-Ireland team. In fact, there was an all-Ireland team until about
1950. It needs to be revived, as two separate teams are merely
hopeless also-rans on the international soccer stage, and any
pipedream that Northern Ireland can revive the glories of 1958 or 1982
is delusional in the extreme.
     So why doesn't the IFA of the six counties and the Republic's FAI
join together in unholy matrimony? I don't know if the FAI has any
burning desire for such a move, but certainly north of the border, the
rationale for remaining separate and adopting a Sinn Fein attitude of
'ourselves alone' is itself irrational. About half of the grassroots
supporters unfortunately view a day or night out at Windsor Park as a
boozing session 'with the lads'. I've seen the loyal Northern Ireland
supporters on a number of occasions congregating at the junction of
Tates Avenue and the Lisburn Road, bedecked with scarves, football
tops, and oh yes the obligatory cans of beer. To remove the
'privilege' of huddling together en masse in south Belfast at various
times in the year would merely deprive certain northern citizens of
the opportunity of a good old piss-up. Mind you, they could still
avail themselves of Dublin's hostelries, which admittedly are
considerably more expensive.
     As for the 'top brass' of the IFA, this organisation will cling
on to its status for dear life. It's a mirror situation of the
northern unionists who would not wish to cede their hegemony at
Stormont and join the ranks in the Dail because they would be
transformed from big fish in a small pond to small fish in a bigger
pond. By the same token, the same political considerations condition
the IFA's attitude. They want to dictate their own neanderthal ideas
about soccer to the six counties. They do not wish to be subordinate
to an all-Ireland body where they would not possess the same
influence. Furthermore, Linfield Football Club has benefited a little
too well from being the hostess of Norn Iron internationals, and so
the unique status of Linfield must be preserved by various
self-interested parties. It simply wouldn't do to merge avec the
Republic's FAI. It might be deemed as an equivalent of turkeys voting
for Christmas.
     However, the bottom line is that toothless Northern Ireland
cannot even overcome the perennial punchbags of Luxembourg. Our
players are merely seconded to lower league clubs. We do not have the
assembly line of future superstars nor the resources. The writing is
on the wall for the IFA. They are but a cabal that desperately avoids
facing the grim reality that their national team is now little more
than the international equivalent of a non-league team. An all-Ireland
soccer team is not another step towards the unification of Ireland nor
an erosion of Ulster's so-called culture. It's a common sense step to
ensure that soccer supporters north and south can have a team worth
cheering on. If we can do it in cricket and rugby union, then why
doesn't soccer step into the brave new world too?

Statistical Review Of The Cricket County Championship, Division One, 2013 by Gary Watton

Statistics rarely lie, and with this in mind, I have lovingly compiled various facts and figures which go some way to explain why the Division One of the 2013 County Championship ended as it did. The tables underneath focus upon bonus points, while I have also studied and revealed which counties possessed the best opening partnerships. I do take the view that a first-wicket stand can be crucial in laying the foundations for a competitive innings, so it might be of considerable use to the various protagonists to take heed of my findings. Obviously, the opening pair in any encounter face the perils of the new ball in demanding conditions which sometimes favour the bowler. Therefore, it is perfectly understandable that one of the opening batsmen may succumb early in his innings. This explains the plethora of single figure first-wicket stands that each county has incurred.
OPENING PARTNERSHIPS
Derbyshire: 4 fifties; no tons; highest: 89; 13 single figure scores; 652 runs at an average of 21.7
Durham: 3 fifties; 2 tons; highest: 125; 13 single figure scores; 822 runs at an average of 27.4
Middlesex: 3 fifties; 5 tons; highest: 259; 8 single figure scores; 1255 runs at an average of 52.3
Nottinghamshire: 4 fifties; 1 ton; highest: 105; 12 single figure scores; 715 runs at an average of 27.5
Somerset: 6 fifties; 1 ton; highest: 103; 6 single figure scores; 1026 runs at an average of 34.2
Surrey: 4 fifties; 1 ton; highest: 171; 13 single figure scores; 693 runs at an average of 26.7
Sussex: 4 fifties, 4 tons; highest: 163; 7 single figure scores; 1132 runs at an average of 41.9
Warwickshire; 1 fifty; 6 tons; highest: 153; 6 single figure scores; 1107 runs at an average of 46.1
Yorkshire: 2 fifties; 1 ton; highest: 126; 9 single figure scores; at an average of 24.3
It was quite startling to discover that Middlesex were head and shoulders above les autres, with Warwickshire and Sussex also recording healthy first-wicket averages. Paradoxically, Yorkshire accumulated more batting bonus points than anyone else in spite of possessing a welter of mediocre opening partnerships. The County Champions, Durham, certainly did not have too many opening partnerships of note, but their strengths lay elsewhere.
OPENING WICKET AVERAGES TABLE
Middlesex 52.3
Warwickshire 46.1
Sussex 41.9
Somerset 34.2
Nottinghamshire 27.5
Durham 27.4
Surrey 26.7
Yorkshire 24.3
Derbyshire 21.7
In spite of boasting the best opening partnerships in the County Championship, Middlesex were less successful at converting their good starts into many batting bonus points. This obviously amounts to one of two explanations: Either their best opening partnerships occurred in the second innings or more likely that the rest of the batting line-up proved more fragile and less able to capitalise upon good starts. This surely must provide food for thought for the north Londoners.
Yorkshire by contrast did not benefit from many good opening partnerships but were instead able to draw upon a strength in depth in their batting formation, as their middle order batsmen of Ballance and Rashid [and Bairstow when available] rescued the team. Consequently, Yorkshire amassed most batting bonus points in spite of having less than impressive opening partnerships.
Durham, rather surprisingly, were well down the batting bonus points list, but clearly their potency derives from a knack of bowling teams out twice.
BATTING BONUS POINTS
Yorkshire 49
Nottinghamshire 47
Sussex 45
Warwickshire 37
Durham/Surrey 36
Somerset 33
Middlesex 32
Derbyshire 31
Let us examine the table that not surprisingly reveals the county champions of Durham as the most lethal in terms of acquiring bowling bonus points. Graham Onions and the gang excelled themselves at bowling most teams out twice, hence the county's impressive haul of ten wins from their sixteen fixtures. Moreover, Durham also accumulated a staggering forty-six bowling bonus points from a maximum of 48. Herein lies the deadly secret to their success. It's not that Durham were less competent at batting, yet when one observes the assorted batting statistics above, it is clear that Durham did not stand head and shoulders above the other counties in the categories already listed - far from it. Secondly, it is also worth noting that the two demoted teams, Derbyshire and Surrey did also finish at the foot of the bowling bonus points table. Clearly, a successful bowling unit is most necessary to thrive in the premier division of the County Championship.
BOWLING BONUS POINTS
Durham 46
Warwickshire 42
Somerset 41
Nottinghamshire 40
Middlesex/Sussex/Yorkshire 39
Surrey 37
Derbyshire 34
The table below for the combined bonus points does underline how adrift Derbyshire were in terms of their first-innings performances and when you loiter many points below les autres, then there is extra pressure to make amends my winning as many matches as possible. Sadly for Debyshire, they could not win enough matches and collect the crucial sixteen points on offer to redeem themselves for their inability to amass sufficient bonus points. Not surprisingly, their bonus points deficiency was a huge contributory factor in the county being relegated back to Division Two, one year after winning the Division Two league.
COMBINED BONUS POINTS
Yorkshire 88
Nottinghamshire 87
Sussex 84
Durham 82
Warwickshire 79
Somerset 74
Surrey 73
Middlesex 71
Derbyshire 65
Finally, the following facts make for interesting reading, thinks me:
1. Durham lost more matches than Sussex, Warwickshire, and Yorkshire, but still comfortably won the County Championship. The moral of this story is that wins are infinitely more preferable to honourable draws that yield far less points.
2. The two teams at the summit of Division One did win more matches than their counterparts. This again underlines the desperate need to win matches and obtain the sixteen points for such an achievement.
3. The two teams at the foot of the final table lost more matches than anyone else, so clearly they were more vulnerable than their competitors and most likely to be bowled out twice. Their relegation was therefore 'merited'.
4. Derbyshire won more matches than Somerset [who finished two places above them] and as many matches as Nottinghamshire [who finished above them too]. However, Derbyshire's undoing was a distinct lack of bonus points which suggests that their first innings performances were not up to scratch.
5. Middlesex also won more matches than Sussex and Warwickshire who were perched above them. Again, as a mirror of the Derbyshire situation, Middlesex finished fifth and not third because they did not record enough bonus points to match their haul of six wins.

Britain's Nanny State by Gary Watton

In recent weeks, I have taken the liberty of emailing each and every one of the 650 Members of Parliament. It has been something of an eye-opener for this slow learner. For example, did you know that MPs are not permitted or required to reply to correspondence from non-constituents. Therefore, it is a bit difficult for amateur lobbyists such as yours truly when Mr, Mrs or Miss Elected Representative is unable and/or unwilling to respond. Nevertheless, some parliamentarians (bless them) did take the bait and had the courage and/or decency to grant my emails an answer. To cut a long and exciting (sic) story short, I suggested to the Westminster elite that each of the three main political parties (alternatively described by belligerent George Galloway as "three cheeks of the same bum") were reportedly bereft of ideas and policy proposals. Consequently, being the helpful young (sic) citizen that I am, I proceeded to make the foliticians aware of my manifesto as located lovingly at http://gw930.blog.com/manifesto
I wasn't remotely surprised that those who browsed through my 'manifesto' replied that there were some ideas that met with their approval and other proposals that did not. This is precisely how I feel about their manifestos too. There are various bits in each party manifesto which are appealing to me and there are others which are considerably more unattractive to my beautiful mind. In a nutshell, I am a radical whose ideas transcend the apparent ideological differences on planet politics. If one were to observe my various blogs revealing the Greedy Bastards of Great Britain, it would be apparent to the lucky reader that I have leftist tendencies. However, I am ultimately a square peg, because I also possess ideas which belong further to the right of the political spectrum. For instance, I am appalled by Britain's nanny state and wholeheartedly endorse the Conservative Party's attempts to improve and reform the benefits system and the rotting welfare state. In fact, my strong feelings about the dependency culture is uppermost in my mind in terms of determining my voting preference at the next national beauty contest in 2015.
Well, various raspberries were blown by the usual suspects at the Conservative Party Conference's most recent welfare reform proposals. The Daily Mirror [a perpetual apologist for benefits exploiters and trade unions that have a grudge against the Conservatives], fronted by its jocular Geordie Mr Kevin Maguire mischievously suggested that the Conservatives' 'earn or learn' scheme in which innocent, little unemployed wretches could be condemned to spending every weekday at the local job centre was a return to the bad old days of the dreaded workhouse. A number of others from the Left as well as representatives of soft touch organisations were equally keen to scoff at the imminent reforms.
Perhaps this reveals the flawed nature of Brits (and others elsewhere) that we are frequently resistant to change. Could it be that most people are conservative in so far as many and indeed any proposed reforms from our political superiors are opposed because they represent upheaval and oblige folk to evacuate the complacency and safety of their comfort zones and embrace the great unknown of change. However, we all need to improve ourselves and our society, and progress can only be achieved via change. This represents the great conundrum of modern society in that change is something of a terrifying concept. Admittedly, there is a maxim that if it ain't broken then it don't need changed. Regrettably, mankind is damaged, and Britain (and elsewhere) is "broken", so the bitter pill of change has to be swallowed by a multitude of reluctant patients.
Anyhow, I have digressed somewhat. The thing is that when benefits reform is proposed, one can be pretty damn sure that the media will wheel out one or two hard luck cases whose lives will be totally undermined by amendments to the welfare state. I admit wholeheartedly that there are people whose lives are characterised by poverty which is not of their making. However, I do also contend that there are many more who benefit a little too well from benefits. I invite any leftist and liberal and naive soft touch personage to visit all the betting shops and public houses in their locality, wherein they will find a whole host of gents who are clearly not working and yet who are able to splash the cash. How can this be? Have they all taken an early retirement? Have they all won the National Lottery? Or could it be that they are some of the recipients of welfare which has enabled them, I repeat, to benefit a little too well from benefits.
I believe that it is increasingly erroneous to use the term "benefits" because there appears to be a plethora of folk who do indeed benefit a little too well from benefits. Perhaps it would be more apt to describe state aid in future as "assistance", provided that it does actually and exclusively assist the deserving poor, rather than fund the dubious lifestyle of the idle. Furthermore, it might well be worth visiting the local council estate to discover just how many houses of the apparent down-at-heel have television satellite dishes and good quality cars parked outside. It might be an eye-opener or at least an uncomfortable truth for the Guardian, the Daily Mirror and other apologists of welfare exploiters to discover precisely how many people are able to drive up and down their local roads, all day, every day, in good cars, funded by a regular supply of fuel, car insurance, and car tax. Can it be humanly possible that such people are impoverished and living on the breadline, or is it closer to reality to ascertain that there are many people who are taking the urine by exploiting the benefits system and laughing all the way to the bank.
Of course, what is most sickening of all is that there are numerous genuinely poor people working in horrible minimum wage jobs who are indeed struggling to cope and maintain any semblance of a quality of life whilst benefits exploiters are enjoying an idle lifestyle at the expense of hard-working and low-paid taxpayers. Why does the British welfare state reward the idle and penalise the hard-working, low-paid workers?
The trouble with the Labour Party is that they prize the welfare state to such an extent that they often refuse to entertain any benefit reforms. The party prides itself with having established the welfare state in the latter half of the turbulent 1940s, and therefore feels obliged to conserve [that word again] this flawed 'institution'. However, now that Labour has been killing the hospitals and schools with kindness and allowing exploiters to run rings around the benefits system, the party has instead presided over the creation of a nanny state. Britain is indeed broken, but I sincerely believe that welfare reforms and benefits adjustments are absolutely crucial to repair the damage to our decaying nation.

Paul Dacre, editor of the Daily Malice, a man who hates Britain by the author Gary Watton

Like most 'normal' people, I was repelled by the latest dirty trick from the grotesque, self-righteous, holier-than-thou Daily Mail. This organ of hate against the Left chose to pick a fight avec Ed Miliband, the Leader of the Opposition. To do so, this reptilian newspaper launched an unprovoked attack upon Ed's dead father, the respected Marxist intellectual, Ralph Miliband. It is a low tactic to pour scorn upon an individual who is sadly unable to defend himself. Adding insult to injury, the humourless Daily Mail spewed forth a pun in poor taste about the grave of the late Mr Miliband. I would dearly love to see how the awful bully Paul Dacre and his Mail minions would react if the gravestones of their dead loved ones were published with accompanying puns. Yes, herein lies one of the plethora of fundamental flaws of the Daily Mail: they are experts at dishing out hostility but are less disposed towards anyone who dares to confront them or regulate them.
Nick Clegg was correct when he stated that the Daily Mail is responsible for overwhelming bile against the British people. It was Nick's greatest remark. However while immediately listing those groups that this viewspaper denounces, Mr Clegg generously omitted immigrants, benefits claimants, and people who go on strike amongst the multitudes that the Daily Malice despises. Meanwhile Alan Sugar is equally spot-on in his observation that the Daily Mail are "nasty, nasty people". Alastair Campbell is also accurate to assert that the Daily Mail is poisonous. What irks me is how they published a vicious attack upon the Milibands and then lacked the courage to face the broadcasting media, with the exception of Jon Steafel's feeble performance on 'Newsnight'. Steafel's obvious impotence under cross-examination typifies the Daily Mail: a rabble of disapproving journos who mercilessly launch vitriol and stamp upon anyone that they take exception to whilst courageously doing so from behind their computer screens. It is abundantly clear that they dare not leave the refuge of their comfort zone and engage in debate. The activities of the foul-mouthed Paul Dacre and his cowardly cronies are that of a bully.
It's hugely ironic how Dacre and his agents of hate campaign for tough laws and yet are terrified of press regulation. Human nature is so flawed that we all need boundaries. Why should the deluded hypocrites of the Daily Mail be exempt?!

Greedy Pigs [***SEE http://aftu.webgarden.com]

The following hall of shame is derived from the Town Hall Rich List of 2013 as published by the very worthwhile Taxpayers' Alliance. The listed greedy bastards are all employees of Scottish councils. If I was a Scottish voter at local elections, I would be making my views quite clear about the disgusting siphoning of public funds towards a select group of selfish individuals. Is it acceptable for ratespayers money to be allocated away from public services to feather the nest of such pigs? Surely not? I would advocate a campaigh of civil disobedience to defy the councils that waste public money so irresponsibly. As far as I am concerned, the wealth-worshippers below are my enemies.
Fergus Chambers; Managing Director of Cordia, Glasgow: £394,719
Gerry Gormal; Executive Director of Development and Regeneration Services at Glasgow council: £271,203
Stuart Nichol; Executive Director of Environment & Development at Fife council: £241,636
Ronald Hinds; Chief Executive of Fife council: £211,817
Alistair Dodds; Chief Executive of Highland council: £197,729
Malcolm Close; Operations Director of SEC Limited, Glasgow: £192,214
Gavin Whitefield; Chief Executive of North Lanarkshire council: £190,226
Geoff Lewis; Managing Director of Dumfries and Galloway First: £186,653
Russell Ellerby; Assistant Chief Executive of North Lanarkshire council: £185,368
Ben Goedegebuure; Sales Director of SEC Limited, Glasgow: £182,343
Gordon Lawson; Director of Support Services at Dumfries and Galloway council: £176,134
Tony Fitzpatrick; Director of Economic Regeneration at Dumfries and Galloway council: £172,285
David K Dorward; Chief Executive of Dundee City council: £171,599
Peter Duthie; Commercial Director of SEC Limited, Glasgow: £169,294
Annemarie O'Donnell; Executive Director of Corporate Services at Glasgow council: £166,505
Mary Pitcaithly; Chief Executive of Falkirk council: £164,207
Billy McFadyen; Finance Director of SEC Limited, Glasgow: £163,046
Elma Murray; Chief Executive of North Ayrshire council: £162,180
Lynn Brown; Executive Director of Financial Services at Glasgow council: £161,375
Bridget McConnell; Chief Executive of Culture and Sport at Glasgow council: £157,425
David Crawford; Executive Director of Social Care Services at Glasgow council: £153,890
Alan Geddes; Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Finance at Highland council: £150,979
F Lees; Chief Executive at East Ayrshire council: £150,647
Maureen McKenna; Executive Director of Education Services at Glasgow council: £147,402
Gerry Cornes; Chief Executive of East Dunbartonshire council: £146,901
Alistair Crichton; Executive Director of Finance & Customer Services at North Lanarkshire council: £145,892
Alex Jannetta; Director of Finance at Falkirk council: £145,699
Mary Castles; Executive Director of Housing & Social Work Services at North Lanarkshire council: £145,656
Paul Jukes; Executive Director of Environmental Services at North Lanarkshire council: £145,524
Steve Barron; Director of Housing & Property and Chief Executive at Highland council: £143,455
J Mundell; Chief Executive of Inverclyde council: £141,752
K Lawrie; Chief Executive of Midlothian council: £136,899
Alan Blackie; former Chief Executive of East Lothian council: £136,815
William Alexander; Director of Social Work and Director of Health and Social Care at Highland council; £136,642
Stuart Black; Director of Planning, Environment and Development at Highland council: £136,642
Hugh Fraser; Director of Education, Culture and Sport at Highland council: £136,642
Neil Gilles; Director of Transport, Environmental and Community Services at Highland council: £136,642
Michelle Morris; Assistant Chief Executive of Highland council: £136,642
Lorraine McMillan; Chief Executive of East Renfrewshire council: £135,096
Michael Enston; Executive Director of Performance & Organisational Support at Fife council: £132,462
Kenneth Greer; Executive Director of Education at Fife council: £132,462
Steven Grimmond; Executive Director of Housing and Communities at Fife council: £132,462
Brian Livingston; Executive Director of Finance & Resources at Fife council: £132,462
Stephen Moore; Executive Director of Social Work at Fife council: £132,462
G Short; Executive Director at East Ayrshire council: £131,024
Malcolm Burr; Chief Executive of Eilean Sar council: £127,399
Scott Taylor; Chief Executive of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau Limited: £126,022
Diane Campbell; Director of Corporate & Customer Services at East Dunbartonshire council: £125,490
D MacKay; Director of Education & Children Services at Midlothian council: £124,853
Graham Wallace; Managing Director of City Markets, Glasgow: £124,327
E Morton; Deputy Chief Executive at East Ayrshire council: £123,752
Derek Cunningham; Director of Development & Infrastructure at East Dunbartonshire council: £123,200
A Fawcett; Corporate Director of Regeneration & Environment at Inverclyde council: £122,078
A Henderson; Corporate Director of Education & Communities at Inverclyde council: £122,078
R Murphy; Corporate Director of Community Care & Health Partnership at Inverclyde council: £122,078
A McPhee; Executive Director at East Ayrshire council: £121,639
Roddy Burns; Corporate Director of Strategic Planning & Governance at Moray council: £120,785
P Wallace; former Corporate Director of Organisational Improvement & Performance at Inverclyde council: £120,767
John Wilson; Director of Education at East Renfrewshire council: £119,963
Alain Baird; Director of Social Work at Dundee City council: £119,942
Jim Collins; Director of Education at Dundee City council: £119,942
Michael P Galloway; Director of City Development at Dundee City council: £119,942
Norman Williamson; Director of Finance at East Renfrewshire council: £119,260
Marjory Stewart; Director of Finance & Corporate Services at Dundee City council: £118,910
Andrew Cahill; Director of Environment at East Renfrewshire council: £118,807
Bruce Clark; Assessor at Fife council: £118,774
Julie Murray; Director of Community Health & Care Partnership at East Renfrewshire council: £118,737
Iona Colvin; Corporate Director of Social Services & Health at North Ayrshire council: £118,572
Carol Kirk; Corporate Director of Education & Skills at North Ayrshire council: £118,572
Alasdair Herbert; Corporate Director of Finance & Infrastructure at North Ayrshire council: £118,226
John Simmons; Director of Community Services at East Dunbartonshire council: £118,160
Stuart Ritchie; Director of Corporate & Neighbourhood Services at Falkirk council: £117,816
Pete Collins; Director of Environment at East Lothian council: £117,769
Alex McCrorie; Director of Corporate Services at East Lothian council: £117,769
Rhona Geisler; Director of Development Services at Falkirk council: £116,895
Caroline Innes; Deputy Chief Executive at East Lothian council: £116,695
Margaret Anderson; Director of Social Work Services at Falkirk council: £116,284
Monica Patterson; Director of Community Services at East Lothian council: £116,002
J Blair; Director of Corporate Resources at Midlothian council: £114,945
C Anderson; Director of Communities & Wellbeing and Executive Officer of Transformation at Midlothian council: £114,050
Anne Leonard; Solicitor to East Renfrewshire council: £113,686
Maureen Campbell; Director of Community Services at Falkirk council: £110,802
Julia Swan; Director of Education at Falkirk council: £110,349
Don Ledingham; Director of Education & Children's Services at East Lothian council: £109,919
Elaine Zwirlein; Director of Housing at Dundee City council: £109,761
E Paterson; Head of Legal and Democratic Services at Inverclyde council: £107,513
Alastair Keddie; Chief Executive of Moray council: £107,416
Ian Mackay; Solicitor to North Ayrshire council: £106,507
Stewart Murdoch; Director of Leisure & Communities at Dundee City council: £105,690
Rose Mary Glackin; Chief Governance Officer at Falkirk council: £104,896
Colin Edgar; Head of Communication and Organisational Development at Glasgow council: £104,847
Mark Palmer; Corporate Director of Corporate Services at Moray council: £103,975
Sandy Riddell; Corporate Director of Education & Social Care at Moray council: £103,912
Donald Duncan; Director of Educational Services at Moray council: £103,160
Ken Laing; Director of Environment at Dundee City council: £102,972
Murray Leys; Head of Adult Social Care at East Lothian council: £102,034
Jim Lamond; Head of Governance & Performance at East Lothian council: £101,709
David Spilsbury; Head of Finance at East Lothian council: £101,307
D Mitchell; Solicitor to East Ayrshire council: £100,991
C Houston; Chief Internal Auditor at East Ayrshire council: £100,409

Commons Deserters From Syrian Vote

*This list has been borrowed [or lovingly stolen] from: http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/category/politics/ 

Roll of Shame – Syria Vote – Absentees

Roll of shame of those MP’s who couldn’t be bothered to vote on Syria. Hopefully they have full excuses for their constituents.

Adam Afriyie	Windsor	Con	absent
Ian Austin	Dudley North	Lab	absent
Henry Bellingham	North West Norfolk	Con	absent
Roberta Blackman-Woods	City of Durham	Lab	absent
Hazel Blears	Salford and Eccles	Lab	absent
Paul Blomfield	Sheffield Central	Lab	absent
Ben Bradshaw	Exeter	Lab	absent
Graham Brady	Altrincham and Sale West	Con	absent
Annette Brooke	Mid Dorset and North Poole	LDem	absent
Gordon Brown	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Lab	absent
Richard Burden	Birmingham, Northfield	Lab	absent
Lorely Burt	Solihull	LDem	absent
William Cash	Stone	Con	absent
Sarah Champion	Rotherham	Lab	absent
Christopher Chope	Christchurch	Con	absent
Kenneth Clarke	Rushcliffe	Con	absent
Ann Clwyd	Cynon Valley	Lab	absent
Michael Connarty	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Lab	absent
Rosie Cooper	West Lancashire	Lab	absent
Geoffrey Cox	Torridge and West Devon	Con	absent
David Crausby	Bolton North East	Lab	absent
John Cryer	Leyton and Wanstead	Lab	absent
Ian Davidson	Glasgow South West	Lab	absent
Pat Doherty	West Tyrone	SF	absent
Nadine Dorries	Mid Bedfordshire	Con	absent
Alan Duncan	Rutland and Melton	Con	absent
Nigel Evans	Ribble Valley	Con	absent
Tim Farron	Westmorland and Lonsdale	LDem	absent
Yvonne Fovargue	Makerfield	Lab	absent
David Gauke	South West Hertfordshire	Con	absent
Michelle Gildernew	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	SF	absent
Justine Greening	Putney	Con	absent
Lilian Greenwood	Nottingham South	Lab	absent
Peter Hain	Neath	Lab	absent
David Hanson	Delyn	Lab	absent
Nick Harvey	North Devon	LDem	absent
Alan Haselhurst	Saffron Walden	Con	absent
David Heyes	Ashton-under-Lyne	Lab	absent
Sharon Hodgson	Washington and Sunderland West	Lab	absent
Lindsay Hoyle	Chorley	Lab	absent
Mark Hunter	Cheadle	LDem	absent
Diana Johnson	Kingston upon Hull North	Lab	absent
Barbara Keeley	Worsley and Eccles South	Lab	absent
Chris Kelly	Dudley South	Con	absent
Charles Kennedy	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	LDem	absent
Pauline Latham	Mid Derbyshire	Con	absent
Edward Leigh	Gainsborough	Con	absent
Charlotte Leslie	Bristol North West	Con	absent
Ian Liddell-Grainger	Bridgwater and West Somerset	Con	absent
Jack Lopresti	Filton and Bradley Stoke	Con	absent
Andrew Love	Edmonton	Lab	absent
Anne Main	St Albans	Con	absent
Paul Maskey	Belfast West	SF	absent
William McCrea	South Antrim	DUP	absent
Siobhain McDonagh	Mitcham and Morden	Lab	absent
Patrick Mercer	Newark	Con	absent
Austin Mitchell	Great Grimsby	Lab	absent
Francie Molloy	Mid Ulster	SF	absent
Greg Mulholland	Leeds North West	LDem	absent
Meg Munn	Sheffield, Heeley	Lab	absent
Tessa Munt	Wells	LDem	absent
Conor Murphy	Newry and Armagh	SF	absent
Jesse Norman	Hereford and South Herefordshire	Con	absent
James Paice	South East Cambridgeshire	Con	absent
Ian Paisley Jnr	North Antrim	DUP	absent
Priti Patel	Witham	Con	absent
Dawn Primarolo	Bristol South	Lab	absent
John Pugh	Southport	LDem	absent
Yasmin Qureshi	Bolton South East	Lab	absent
John Redwood	Wokingham	Con	absent
Emma Reynolds	Wolverhampton North East	Lab	absent
Andrew Rosindell	Romford	Con	absent
David Ruffley	Bury St Edmunds	Con	absent
Adrian Sanders	Torbay	LDem	absent
Mark Simmonds	Boston and Skegness	Con	absent
David Simpson	Upper Bann	DUP	absent
Angela Smith	Penistone and Stocksbridge	Lab	absent
John Spellar	Warley	Lab	absent
Rory Stewart	Penrith and The Border	Con	absent
John Thurso	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	LDem	absent
David Tredinnick	Bosworth	Con	absent
Karl Turner	Kingston upon Hull East	Lab	absent
Andrew Tyrie	Chichester	Con	absent
Steve Webb	Thornbury and Yate	LDem	absent
Bill Wiggin	North Herefordshire	Con	absent
Mark Williams	Ceredigion	LDem	absent
Jennifer Willott	Cardiff Central	LDem	absent
John Woodcock	Barrow and Furness	Lab	absent
Shaun Woodward	St Helens South and Whiston	Lab	absent
Tim Yeo	South Suffolk	Con	absent

GREEDY BASTARDS of Great Britain [***SEE ALSO the website http://aftu.webgarden.com]

Before I list one hundred more greedy pigs who are exploiting the excessive generosity of various remuneration committees, may I remind the reader of the following. Any individual employed on the degrading National Minimum Wage earns typically about £11,000 per year. Any individual on Jobseekers Allowance and Housing Benefit typically receives eight or nine thousand pounds per annum. Contrast such pitiful rations with the large amounts below, and surely one can see the need for civil disobedience to confront a bureaucratic establishment that looks after itself a little too well whilst literally providing the bare minimum for the rest of the great unwashed. The allocation of huge salaries must stop!
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Sir Leszek Borysiewicz; Chief Executive Officer of the Medical Research Council: £255,000
Paul Wilson; Chief Officer of the London Probation Trust: £240,000
A Richards; Managing Director of ETL (tie Limited): £235,836
David Bennett of the Independent Regulator of NHS foundation trusts: £230,000
Alan Langlands; Chief Executive Officer of the Higher Education Funding Council for England: £230,000
Neil Lloyd; Chief Executive of NHS Professionals: £230,000
Alison Nimmo; Director of Design & Regeneration at the Olympic Delivery Authority: £225,000
Hugh Summer; Director of Transport at the Olympic Delivery Authority: £225,000
Simon Wright; Director of Infrastructure & Utilities at the Olympic Delivery Authority: £225,000
Tim Byles; Chief Executive of Partnerships For Schools: £215,000
Iain Gray; Chief Executive Officer of the Technology Strategy Board: £210,000
D Murray; Commercial Director of tie Limited: £208,909
Alistair Buchanan; Chief Executive of Ofgem: £205,000
Andrew Hall; Chief Executive Officer of the Qualification Curriculum Authority: £205,000
Ralph Luck; Director of Property for the Olympic Delivery Authority: £205,000
Geoff Russell; Chief Executive Officer of the Learning and Skills Council: £205,000
R Jeffrey; Chief Executive of tie Limited: £200,463
Stephen Henwood; Chairman of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: £200,000
Simon Richards; Business Delivery Director of the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority: £200,000
Alan Rubenstein; Chief Executive of the Pension Protection Fund: £200,000
Andrew Altman; Chief Executive of Olympic Park Legacy Authority: £195,000
Dr Paul Leinster; Chief Executive of the Environment Agency: £195,000
Professor Michael Murphy; Clinical Director at the NHS: £195,000
Sir Denis O'Connor; HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary: £195,000
F McFadden; Infraco Director of tie Limited: £191,301
Peter Neyroud; Chief Executive Officer of the National Policing Improvement Agency: £190,000
Roger Baker of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary: £185,000
Zoe Billingham of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary: £185,000
John Clarke; Commercial Director of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: £185,000
Professor David Coggon; Programme Leader of the Epidemiology Research Centre: £185,000
James Morse; Director of Assurance at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: £185,000
Dr Derwood Pamphilon; a Clinical Director for the NHS: £185,000
William Roberts; Chief Financial Officer at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: £185,000
Malcolm Ross; Executive Director at the Olympic Park Legacy Company: £185,000
Drusilla Sharpling of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary: £185,000
John Vine; Independent Chief Inspector of UKBA: £185,000
Richard Waite; Director of Strategy & Technology at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: £185,000
Stephen Walker; Chief Executive of the NHS Litigation Authority: £185,000
Andrew Dillon; Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence: £180,000
Lynda Hamlyn; Chief Executive of NHS Blood: £180,000
Stephen Hay of the Independent Regulator of NHS foundation trusts: £180,000
Dr Patricia Hewitt; Lead Consultant of NHS Blood: £180,000
Elaine Holt; Chief Executive of Directly Operated Rail: £180,000
William Hughes; Director General of the Serious Organised Crime Agency: £180,000
Professor James Neuberger; Associate Medical Director of NHS Blood: £180,000
Steve Smith; Senior Partner at Ofgem: £180,000
Andrew Wright; Senior Partner at Ofgem: £180,000
Rob Clark; Finance Director for NHS Professionals: £175,000
Professor Cyrus Cooper of the Medical Research Council: £175,000
Professor Tumani Corrah of the Medical Research Council: £175,000
Tony Hobman; Chief Executive of The Pensions Regulator: £175,000
Professor Alan Lucas of the Medical Research Council: £175,000
Dr Derek Norfolk; Consultant Haematologist of NHS Blood: £175,000
Dr Ruth Warwick; Lead Specialist of NHS Blood: £175,000
S Clark; Programme Director of tie Limited: £170,232
Professor Sir Iain Chalmers; Clinical Consultant for the Medical Research Council: £170,000
Dr Harsh Duggal of the Health Protection Agency: £170,000
Dr Noel Gill of the Health Protection Agency: £170,000
Professor Douglas Higgs; Director for the Medical Research Council: £170,000
Peter Littlejohns of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence: £170,000
Karen Webb; Executive Director for the Olympic Park Legacy Company: £170,000
John Woodward; Chief Executive Officer of the UK Film Council: £170,000
Sally Caplan; Head of the Premiere Fund of the UK Film Council: £165,000
Martin Clarke; Executive Director at the Pension Protection Fund: £165,000
Bernard Crump; Chief Executive of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement: £165,000
Chris Humphries; Chief Executive Officer of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills: £165,000
RS Jackson; Chief Executive Officer of the Student Loan Company: £165,000
David Jordon; Director of Operations at the Environment Agency: £165,000
Jonathan Kestenbaum; Chief Executive Officer of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts: £165,000
Zahida Manzoor; Legal Services Ombudsman: £165,000
Peter Marsh; Chief Executive of the Tenant Services Authority: £165,000
Tim Matthews; Chief Executive Officer of Remploy Limited: £165,000
Tanya Seghatchian; Head of the Development Fund of the UK Film Council: £165,000
Jenny Williams; Chief Executive of the Gambling Commission: £165,000
Gavin Stevenson; Chief Executive of Dumfries and Galloway council: £161,361
Dr Nicholas Coleman; Programme Leader and Clinical Consultant of the Medical Research Council: £160,000
RT Ennis; Director at the Homes and Communities Agency: £160,000
E Goodwin; Chief Executive of the Waste and Resources Action Programme: £160,000
Graham Holley; Chief Executive of the Training and Development Agency for Schools: £160,000
Chris Kenny; Chief Executive of the Legal Services Board: £160,000
Fergus MacBeth of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence: £160,000
Jennie Price; Chief Executive of Sport England: £160,000
Dr Christopher Rudge; National Clinical Director of NHS Blood: £160,000
Nicholas Scholte; Chief Executive Officer of the NHS Business Services Authority: £160,000
Sir Nicholas Serota; Director of Tate: £160,000
Dr John Simpson of the Health Protection Agency: £160,000
Dr Robert Spencer of the Health Protection Agency: £160,000
Steve Cowley; Chief Executive Officer of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: £155,000
Michael Dixon; Museum Director of the Natural History Museum: £155,000
Will Evans; Head of Business Affairs at the UK Film Council: £155,000
Dr Stephen Inglis; Director at the Health Protection Agency: £155,000
D Lunts; London Regional Director of the Homes and Communities Agency: £155,000
Dr Kenneth Mutton; Consultant Virologist at the Health Protection Agency: £155,000
G Roberts; Finance Director of tie Limited: £123,688
Colin Grant; Director of the Education Service at Dumfries and Galloway council: £120,017
John Alexander; Director of Social Work Service at Dumfries and Galloway council: £119,464
Alex Haswell; Director of the Chief Executive Service at Dumfries and Galloway council: £118,180
Alistair Speedie; Director of Planning at Dumfries and Galloway Council: £115,326
Angela Leitch; Chief Executive of Clackmannanshire council: £114,319
Justin Tracy; Director of Community & Customer Services at Dumfries and Galloway council: £109,985
Lorna Meahan; Assistant Chief Executive of Dumfries and Galloway council: £103,552

Source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10489120

Tags: bonuses culture; disproportionate salary

GREEDY BASTARDS of Great Britain [***SEE ALSO the website http://aftu.webgarden.com]

Here are one hundred more wealth-worshippers who feel that they are superior human beings. They earn at least eight times what the poor buggers on the National Minimum Wage are “awarded”. Is this the kind of inequality that the UK should accept? I would advocate a national campaign of civil disobedience to challenge the grossly irresponsible allocation of public funds. Otherwise, the Chief Executives of greed and selfishness will continue to run rings around the sheepish populace. Let’s resist the unfair and disproportionate distribution of salaries which are an affront to common decency and humanity.
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Moya Greene; Chief Executive of the Royal Mail: £1,470,000
Paula Vennells; Chief Executive of the Post Office Limited: £697,000
Malcolm Grant; Provost & President of University College London: £376,190
Richard Ackroyd; Chief Executive of Scottish Water: £336,000
Ed Richards; Chief Executive of Ofcom: £321,749
S Bell; Tram Project Director of tie Limited: £306,780
Sir Mervyn King; former Governor of the Bank of England: £305,764
Sir Paul Stephenson; Commissioner of Metropolitan Police Service: £280,489
Paul Tucker; Deputy Governor of the Bank of England: £258,114
I Coupar; Marketing Director of Lothian Buses: £251,285
Tim Godwin; Deputy Commissioner of Metropolitan Police Service: £246,969
S Assar; Interim Chief Executive of Luton PCT: £242,500
Mark Elms; Headteacher of Tidemill School, Lewisham: £231,400
Jonathan House; Chief Executive of Cardiff City Council: £219,159
W Devlin; Engineering Director of Lothian Buses: £218,367
Sir Norman Bettison; former Chief Constable of West Yorkshire constabulary: £217,956
Dr Gareth Goodier; Chief Executive of Cambridge University trust: £217,500
W Campbell; Operations Director of Lothian Buses: £217,240
N Strachan; Finance Director of Lothian Buses: £216,491
Lord Hamilton; Lord President of the Court of Session: £214,165
Sir Declan Morgan; Lord Chief Justice of the Northern Ireland judiciary: £214,165
Lord Neuberger; Master of the Rolls: £214,165
Lord Phillips; President of the Supreme Court: £214,165
S Baker; Chief Executive Officer of High Peak and Staffordshire Moorlands councils: £213,155
David Bennett; Chief Executive of the Sanctuary Housing Association: £213,000
John Yates; Assistant Commissioner of Metropolitan Police Service: £211,624
MV James; Chief Executive of Carmarthenshire council: £209,498
Sean Price; former Chief Constable of Cleveland constabulary: £208,691
Lord Brown; Supreme Court judge: £206,857
Lord Collins; Supreme Court judge: £206,857
Lady Hale; Supreme Court judge: £206,857
Lord Hope; Supreme Court judge: £206,857
Sir Robert Andrew Morritt; Chancellor of the High Court: £206,857
Chris Allison; Assistant Chief Constable of Metropolitan Police Service: £204,882
Mike Craik; former Chief Constable of Northumbria constabulary: £204,701
Sir Hugh Orde; former Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland: £202,500
John Belcher; Chief Executive of the Anchor Trust: £202,000
Nigel Pallace; Bi-Borough Executive Director in central London: £200,556
Jacqueline Valin; Headteacher of Southfields Community College: £198,406
Rose Fitzpatrick; Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service: £196,396
S Bruce; Chief Executive of City of Edinburgh council: £196,007
Lyn Carpenter; Bi-Borough Executive Director in central London: £195,265
Ailsa Beaton; Director of Information at the Metropolitan Police Service: £189,896
Andrew Christie; Director of Children’s Services at three central London borough councils: £183,833
H Rissmann; Chief Executive of EICC: £178,191
A Buchan; Chief Executive of Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands councils: £176,919
Colin Mackenzie; Chief Executive of Aberdeenshire council: £174,409
G Tee; Director of Children and Families at City of Edinburgh council: £170,640
Valerie Watts; Chief Executive of Aberdeen City Council: £170,628
A Alexander; Headteacher in Devon County Council: £165,266
T Aitchison; former Chief Executive of City of Edinburgh council: £164,717
Sir William Atkinson; Headteacher at Phoenix School, London: £160,640
Michael Cogher; Director of Legal Services at two central London borough councils: £159,412
Paul Dick; Executive Headteacher at Trinity and Kennet school: £153,829
Jeffrey Risbridger; Headteacher at Saint Cecilia’s: £152,646
Kelvin Simmonds; Headteacher at Danum School, Doncaster: £152,536
D Anderson; Director of City Development at City of Edinburgh council: £150,412
J Inch; former Director of Corporate Services at City of Edinburgh council: £148,971
D McGougan; former Director of Finance at City of Edinburgh council: £148,971
M Turley; Director of Services for Communities at City of Edinburgh council: £148,971
R Stiff; Chief Executive of Angus council: £144,191
Sally Loudon; Chief Executive of Argyll and Bute council: £142,574
Brian Horsburgh; MD of Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre: £141,764
Paul Nurse; Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK: £140,000
Trefor Thomas Morgan; Chief Executive of Cardiff City Council: £139,575
David Clarke; Chief Executive of West Dorset and Weymouth & Portland councils: £132,022
Christine Gore; Director of Corporate Services at Aberdeenshire council: £131,399
Ritchie Johnson; Director of Housing and Social Work at Aberdeenshire council: £131,024
Ian Gabriel; Director of Infrastructure at Aberdeenshire council: £130,914
Sue Bruce; Chief Executive of Aberdeen City Council: £129,698
R Peat; Director of Social Work and Health at Angus council: £128,083
Stewart Carruth; Director of Corporate Governance at Aberdeen City Council: £127,828
Pete Leonard; Director of Housing and Environment at Aberdeen City Council: £127,828
Fred McBride; Director of Social Care and Wellbeing at Aberdeen City Council: £127,828
Gordon McIntosh; Director of Enterprise, Planning and Infrastructure at Aberdeen City Council: £127,828
R Ashton; Director of Neighbourhood Services at Angus council: £125,409
Tim Black; Chief Executive of Marie Stopes International: £125,230
Jeremy Oppenheim; Chief Executive of Jewish Care: £125,000
N Logue; Director of Education at Angus council: £123,967
E Lowson; Director of Infrastructure Services at Angus council: £122,858
E Adair; Operations and Finance Director of the EDI Group: £121,135
M Miller; Chief Social Work Officer at City of Edinburgh council: £117,122
Annette Bruton; Director of Education, Culture and Sport at Aberdeen City Council: £116,725
Deryk Mead; Chief Executive of NCH Action for Children: £116,384
Leslie Busk; Chief Executive of the British Heart Foundation: £115,000
Fiona Reynolds; Chief Executive of the National Trust: £115,000
Cleland Sneddon; Executive Director of Community Services at Argyll and Bute council: £114,905
Douglas Hendry; Executive Director of Customer Services at Argyll and Bute council: £110,947
H Robertson; Assistant Chief Executive at Angus council: £110,767
Alexander MacTaggart; Executive Director of Development at Angus council: £110,562
C McMahon; Director of Corporate Services at Angus council: £108,850
S Hunter; Head of Law and Administration at Angus council: £107,738
Roger Singleton; Chief Executive of Barnardos: £105,027
Andrew Freemantle; Chief Executive of the RNLI: £105,000
Mary Marsh; Chief Executive of the NSPCC: £105,000
Nicholas Payne; Chief Executive of English National Opera: £105,000
I Lorimer; Head of Finance at Angus council: £103,657
Belinda Greer; Joint Head of Education at Stirling and Clackmannanshire councils: £102,855
David Barrie; Chief Executive of the National Art Collections Fund: £100,000
Peter Cardy; Chief Executive of MacMillan Cancer Relief: £100,000
Source:
http://society.guardian.co.uk/salarysurvey/table/0,12406,1042677,00.html

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Here are another one hundred greedy villains who have been the recipients of excessive generosity from an unwitting public. It is remarkable how many money-grabbers have been knighted or officially recognised for their apparent greatness. Not only do the selfish swine receive a criminal volume of money but they are even applauded by the Establishment. Ultimately, the biggest crime of our time is the cavalier and irresponsible use of rates and taxes by our elected officials who award monstrous remuneration packages. I guess that the names below refuse to look a foolish gift horse in the mouth. All ratespayers should refuse to pay their rates.
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Katherine Kerswell; Group Managing Director of Kent Council: £589,165
L.Hardie; Deputy Chief Executive of South Lanarkshire Council: £543,538
Thomas McDonald; Assistant Director of Development and Regeneration Sevices, Glasgow Council: £520,590
William Docherty; Managing Director, City Building [Glasgow]: £485,698
Steven Kelly; Director of Corporate Services, City Building [Glasgow]: £481,166
Anna Wright; Director of Education & Children’s Services at Reading Council: £392,878
Sean Nolan; Director of Corporate Services at East Sussex Council: £389,880
Robert Booth; Executive Director of Land & Environment Services at Glasgow Council: £382,789
Kenenth Harkness; Head of Service Development at Glasgow Council: £371,610
Joyce Redfearn; Chief Executive of Wigan Council: £343,400
Mark Davies; Chief Executive of Imperial Healthcare Trust: £340,000
Elaine Grieve; Assistant Chief Executive of Orkney Islands Council: £339,610
Patricia McIlquham; Deputy Chief Executive of Dundee City Council: £335,468
Michael Coughlin; Chief Executive of Reading Council: £334,578
A.Kerr; Chief Executive of Reading Council: £328,150
R.Heaton; Executive Director of Resources at Newham Council: £317,137
John Sharkey; Chief Executive, SEC Limited, Glasgow Council: £314,553
Gerald Jones; Chief Executive of Wandsworth Borough Council: £299,925
John Fingleton; Chief Executive of Office of Fair Trading: £275,000
S Robinson; Chief Executive of Cheshire West and Chester Council: £266,000
Ruth Carnall; Chief Executive of NHS London: £265,000
Andrew Stafford; Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Mint: £264,510
Stephen Hughes; Chief Executive of Birmingham Council: £260,360
Chris Williams; Chief Executive of Buckinghamshire Council: £259,438
Geoff Bellingan; Medical Director of University College London Hospital: £255,000
D.P.Martin; Chief Executive and Director of Administration of Wandsworth Council: £254,880
N. Walkley; Chief Executive of Barnet Council: £250,818
C. Tapster; Chief Executive of Hertfordshire Council: £250,351
Andrew Haines; Chief Executive of the Civil Aviation Authority: £250,000
George Black; Chief Executive of Glasgow Council: £248,004
Erika Wenzel; Chief Executive of Cheshire East Council: £247,762
Peter Gilroy; Chief Executive of Kent Council: £243,388
Mark Goldman; Chief Executive of the Heart of England trust: £242,500
K.Crompton; Chief Executive of Haringey Council: £241,657
Joe Duckworth; Chief Executive of Newham Borough Council: £241,483
Dave Smith; Chief Executive of Sunderland Council: £240,445
I.Craig; Managing Director of Lothian Buses: £238,954
C.J.Buss; Director of Finance and Deputy Chief Executive of Wandsworth Council: £238,787
P.Halsall; Chief Executive of Lancashire Council: £238,774
D.White; Chief Executive of Norfolk Council: £238,100
Nick Bell; Chief Executive of Staffordshire Council: £237,737
Will Tuckley; Chief Executive of Bexley Council: £237,336
Derrick Anderson; Chief Executive of Lambeth Borough Council: £235,650
Sir Neil McKay; Chief Executive of East of England SHA: £232,500
Colin Hilton; Chief Executive of Liverpool City Council: £229,555
Sir Leonard Fenwick; Chief Executive of Newcastle NHS Trust: £227,500
David White; Chief Executive of Norfolk County Council: £224,900
Mark Hammond; Chief Executive Officer of West Sussex County Council: £223,451
Paul Bentley; Acting Chief Executive of Ashford and St Peter’s trust: £223,000
Dr Barbara Hakin; Chief Executive of East Midlands SHA: £222,400
David Dalton; Chief Executive of Salford Royal trust: £222,215
Mark Farrar; Chief Executive Officer of the Construction Industry Trading Board: £220,000
Stephen Geraghty; Commissioner of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: £210,000
Sir Michael Cahn; Chief Executive of UK Trade and Investment: £205,000
Roger Bright; Chief Executive of the Crown Estate: £200,000
Richard Paniguian; Head of UK Trade and Investment, Defence and Security Organisation: £195,000
Dr Harry Bush; Member of the Civil Aviation Authority: £185,000
Philip Ridal; Finance Director of British Waterways: £185,000
Andy Mckeon; Managing Director of the Audit Commission: £180,000
Eugene Sullivan; Managing Director of the Audit Commission: £180,000
Peter Wilkinson; Managing Director of the Audit Commission: £180,000
Paul Clark; Director of Investment and Asset Management of the Crown Estate: £175,000
Gareth Davies; Managing Director of the Audit Commission: £175,000
Neil MacGregor; Director of the British Museum: £175,000
Martin Evans; Managing Director of the Audit Commission: £170,000
Sir Alisdair Fraser; Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern Ireland: £170,000
Peter Freeman; Chairman of the Competition Commission: £170,000
Tony Redmond; Chairman of CLAE: £170,000
Richard Alderman; Director of the Serious Fraud Office: £165,000
Martin Davidson; Chief Executive of the British Council: £165,000
Nigel Johnson; Corporate Services Director of British Waterways: £165,000
Fiona Adshead; Director General on secondment to the World Health Organisation: £160,000
Sir John Elvidge; Permanent Secretary for the Scottish government: £160,000
Chris Jesnick; Member of the Civil Aviation Authority: £160,000
Stephen Leonard; former director of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: £160,000
Dr Kevin Woods; Chief Executive of NHS Scotland: £160,000
Dame Lynne Brindley; Chief Executive of the British Library: £155,000
Anthony Douglas; Chief Executive Officer of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: £155,000
Mark Grimshaw; Managing Director of the CSA: £155,000
Richard Jackson; Member of the Civil Aviation Authority: £155,000
Paul Jenkins Q.C.; Permanent Secretary for the Treasury Solicitors Department: £155,000
Terry Moran; Chief Executive of Pension, Disability & Carers Service: £155,000
Vince Moran; Operations Director of British Waterways: £155,000
Jim Stirling; Technical Director of British Waterways: £155,000
Richard Thompson; Chief Constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary: £155,000
Tim Brown; Chief Executive of Postcomm: £150,000
Alan Davey; Chief Executive of the Arts Council: £150,000
Roy Irwin of the Audit Commission: £150,000
Stella Manzie; Director General, Justice and Communities in Scotland: £150,000
Stuart Mills; Property Director of British Waterways: £150,000
Sir Michael Scholar; Chair of UK Statistics Authority: £150,000
Mark Swann; Member of the Civil Aviation Authority: £150,000
Brian Willmor; Regional Director of the Audit Commission: £150,000
M Williams; Chief Executive of East Devon and South Somerset Councils: £146,828
Colette Paul; Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Constabulary: £133,068
Dame Deirdre Hutton; Chair of the Civil Aviation Authority: £130,000
Professor Douglas Kell; Chief Executive Officer of the Biological Sciences Research Council: £130,000
B Richardson; Parliamentary Counsel at the Cabinet Office: £120,000
Dame Suzi Leather; Chair of the Charity Commission for England and Wales: £100,000
Richard Foster CBE; Chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission: £100,000

GREEDY BASTARDS of Great Britain; part three [***SEE ALSO http://aftu.webgarden.com]

The following 100 over-paid folk are from the civil service as quoted by the BBC in 2010. It's really strange but if you attended a meal with others and you helped yourself to a huge volume of food which stacked up on your plate, you would be castigated as being "greedy", yet in our perverse society, it seems perfectly acceptable for an elite group to accumulate enormous salaries while those poor buggers on benefits are expected to live on about eight or nine thousand pounds per year. The selfish swine below may be talented and even hard-working, but their greatest talent is to load their bank account with copious amounts of money from the taxpayer. Is this fair?
Joe Harley; Chief Information Officer of the DWP: £245,000
Sir Jock Stirrup; Chief of the Defence Staff: £240,000
Jeremy Beeton; former Director General of the Government Olympic Executive: £225,000
Clare Chapman; Director General of the Department of Health: £220,000
Paul Hemsley; Director of Finance at the Ordnance Survey: £120,000
David Green of the Crown Prosecution Service: £210,000
Patrick Crawford; Chief Executive at the Export Credits Guarantee Department: £205,000
Lin Homer; Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency: £205,000
Helen Kilpatrick; Director General at the Home Office: £205,000
Steve Lamey; Director General at HM Revenues & Customs: £205,000
DA Shields; Programme Director at OGC: £205,000
Dr Mike Mitchell; Head of National Networks Group: £200,000
D Pitchford; Director at OGC: £200,000
Andrew Tyler; Chief Operating Officer at the Ministry of Defence: £200,000
Christine Gilbert; Her Majesty's Chief Inspector at OFSTED: £195,000
James Hall; Chief Executive, Identity and Passport Service: £195,000
Andrew Manley; Director General at the Ministry of Defence: £195,000
Sir David Normington; Permanent Secretary at the Home Office: £195,000
Keir Starmer; Director of the Crown Prosecution Service: £195,000
Vanessa Lawrence; Chief Executive Officer of the Ordnance Survey: £190,000
Trevor Llanwarne; Government Actuary: £190,000
Andy Nelson; Chief Information Officer at the Ministry of Justice: £190,000
Jane Platt; Chief Executive of National Savings & Investments: £190,000
Nemat Shafiq; Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Development: £190,000
Tim Smith; Chief Executive of the Food Standards Agency: £190,000
Kevin White; Director General, Human Resources at the Home Office: £190,000
Professor Kent Woods; Chief Executive of the MHRA: £190,000
Simon Bowles; Chief Finance Officer at HM Revenue & Customs: £185,000
David Goldstone, formerly of the Government Olympic Executive: £185,000
Sir Leigh Lewis; Permanent Seretary at the DWP: £185,000
Darra Singh; Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus: £185,000
N Smith; Chief Executive at OGC: £185,000
David Behan; Director General of Social Care: £180,000
David Bell; Permanent Secretary at the Department of Education: £180,000
Suma Chakrabarti; Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice: £180,000
Chris Last; HR Director General at the DWP: £180,000
Phil Pavitt; Chief Information Officer at HM Revenue & Customs: £180,000
Duncan Selbie; Chief Executive of the Department of Health: £180,000
Philip Collins; Chairman of the Office of Fair Trading: £175,000
Mike Falvey; Chief People Officer at HM Revenue & Customs: £175,000
Jim Gallagher; Director General - Devolution at the Ministry of Justice: £175,000
Mel Groves; former Project Director at the DWP: £175,000
Sir Bill Jeffrey; Permanent Under Secretary at the Ministry of Defence: £175,000
Sir Nicholas Macpherson; Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury: £175,000
Sir Kevin O'Donoghue; Chief of Defence Materiel: £175,000
Peter Ricketts; Head of the Diplomatic Service: £175,000
Air Marshal Peter Ruddock of the Ministry of Defence: £175,000
Nigel Shienwald; HM Ambassador to the United States of America: £175,000
Sir Mark Stanhope; First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff: £175,000
Jon Thompson; Director General at the Ministry of Defence: £175,000
Kim Darroch; UK Permanent Representative to the European Union: £170,000
John Hirst; Chief Executive at the Met Office: £170,000
Marco Pierleoni; Chief Land Registrar: £170,000
Geoffrey Podger; Chief Executive of the Health & Safety Executive: £170,000
Mike Robinson; Chief Executive of the UK Hydrographic Office: £170,000
Lesley Strathie; Chief Executive Officer at HM Revenue & Customs: £170,000
Sir Stephen Dalton; Chief of the Air Staff; £165,000
Lindsey Davies; Interim Regional Director of Public Health: £165,000
Carolyn Downs; Director General at the Ministry of Justice: £165,000
Sir Nicholas Houghton; Vice Chief of the Defence Staff: £165,000
Lorraine Langham; Director of Corporate Services at OFSTED: £165,000
Sir John McColl; Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe: £165,000
Les Mosco; Director at the Ministry of Defence: £165,000
Hunada Nouss; Finance Director General of the DWP: £165,000
Sir David Richards; Chief of the General Staff: £165,000
R Shostak; Head of Prime Minister's Delivery Unit: £165,000
Moira Wallace; Permanent Secretary of the DECC: £165,000
Martin Bellamy; ICT Director of the Department of Health: £160,000
Robert Devereux; Permanent Secretary of the Department for Transport: £160,000
Helen Edwards; Director General - Justice Policy Group: £160,000
William Emery; Chairman of the Office of Rail Regulation: £160,000
Dave Hartnett; Permanent Secretary for Tax at HM Revenues & Customs: £160,000
Stephen Holt; Director of Change Management at the DWP: £160,000
Melanie Hunt; Director at OFSTED: £160,000
Peter Makeham; Director General at the Home Office: £160,000
Susanna Mason; Director at the Ministry of Defence: £160,000
Sir Jonathan Phillips; former Permanent Secretary at the Northern Ireland Office: £160,000
Nick Ramsay; Director at the Ministry of Justice: £160,000
Sir Trevor Soar; Navy Commander-in-Chief: £160,000
JMG Taylor; Financial Services and Stability Director at HM Treasury: £160,000
Sir Peter Wall; Army Commander-in-Chief: £160,000
Phil Wheatley of the National Offender Management Service: £160,000
Ursula Brennan; Second Permanent Under Secretary at the Ministry of Defence: £155,000
Bill Gunnyeon; Chief Medical Adviser and Chief Scientist at the DWP: £155,000
Archie Hughes; Chief Executive of the Defence Support Group: £155,000
Stephen Love; Chief Constable of Ministry of Defence police: £155,000
Jonathan Stephens; Permanent Secretary of the DCMS: £155,000
Paul Wiles; former Chief Scientific Adviser at the Home Office: £155,000
Mike Clasper; Chair of HM Revenue & Customs: £150,000
Peter Collis; former Chief Land Registrar: £150,000
John Goldup; Director at OFSTED: £150,000
Neil Hayward; Group HR Director at the Ministry of Justice: £150,000
Bruce Houlder QC; Director of Service Prosecutions: £150,000
Nirmal Kotecha of the Department for Transport, Highways Agency: £150,000
Patrick Leeson; Director at OFSTED: £150,000
TW Scholar; second Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury: £150,000
Beverley Shears of the National Offender Management Service: £150,000
Dame Helen Ghosh; Permanent Secretary of Defra: £140,000
Professor Robert Watson; Chief Scientific Adviser of Defra: £135,000
Philip Fletcher; Chairman of Ofwat: £105,000
SOURCE:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10202596