As the G20 Summit enters it's final hours Britain is becoming frantic and apparently very worried about protectionism. So I apologise if I'm the one putting the following matters on the agenda.
Today (4/11/11) a House of Lords standards committee has recommended that Lord Hanningfield - the disgraced former head of Essex County Council - be suspended for nine months. This is Britain trying to enquire how long Essex will have to stay out in the cold because of the Dale Farm eviction.
Also today a coroners inquest has ruled that a train crash that killed an 84 year old woman at Grayrigg in Cumbria in 2007 was caused by faulty points. This is Britain conceding that my father does not have lasting powers of attorney over my grandmother because the ruling by the Court of Protection was based on some demonstrably faulty points.
Meanwhile Greece is still awaiting the confidence vote on it's Prime Minister. However there seems to be a growing consensus within the country that even if the government does fall there will be no referendum on the October 27 agreement and there will be no new elections until that agreement is ratified.
Friday, 4 November 2011
Thursday, 3 November 2011
I'm Going To Bed.
But before that I've heard that there's a rumour doing the rounds at the G20 Summit that Britain's City of London Police have launched an investigation into the Croydon Borough of the Metropolitan Police regarding a "Paedophile ring." I've heard nothing about this and nothing has been announced through official channels so I think it's fair to say that's just a malicious rumour.
Hints Don't Get Much Clearer.
This morning (3/11/11) four Greek government ministers resigned effectively collapsing the Greek government. Confusion now reigns amid conflicting reports over whether the Greek Prime Minister will resign or cling on to face a confidence vote tomorrow.
Edited at around 19:20 on 3/11/11: The Greek Prime Minister did not resign. Instead he gave a lengthy speech to Parliament which was just that - a speech designed to get the members of that Parliament to support him in tomorrow's confidence vote. The Greek Finance Minister then addressed Parliament and announced that Greece would not be holding a referendum after all. This however is dependent on the Government winning the confidence vote. Based on the comments of the leader of the opposition that is far from certain.
Edited at around 19:20 on 3/11/11: The Greek Prime Minister did not resign. Instead he gave a lengthy speech to Parliament which was just that - a speech designed to get the members of that Parliament to support him in tomorrow's confidence vote. The Greek Finance Minister then addressed Parliament and announced that Greece would not be holding a referendum after all. This however is dependent on the Government winning the confidence vote. Based on the comments of the leader of the opposition that is far from certain.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Bad News For The Greek.
Although Britain won't be in attendance until tomorrow (3/11/11) the G20 Summit began this evening with the Greek Prime Minister being summoned to explain his plans for a referendum. It would be inappropriate for me to comment on the actual issue at this time. However in the code Greece as always is Britain and the referendum is Britain's mistaken belief that the situation with my grandmother is negotiable. In an effort to assist Britain by getting the discussion of consequences moving the French headed IMF froze Greek assets due to the referendum. In response the Chinese Premier snubbed the French President by forcing him to stand out in the cold for ten minutes. The International Criminal Court (ICC) noted that attempts at negotiating are still ongoing and referred to Britain as my junior.
At the time of the meeting the City of London Corporation played the dirty trick of informing the Occupylsx protesters that they will not face legal action until January 2011 but failed to officially announce it. As a result the G20 strongly suggested that no attempt is made to transfer my grandmother and the inevitable Court of Protection (COP) injunction that will bring until December 4th - after the COP17 Summit.
So it's no surprise then that British Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude spent the entire afternoon telling every TV camera that would listen that public sector workers including health care workers need to understant that "this is the only offer on the table and there must be no strikes in November." Unfortunately most of those people would have been at work at the time and missed the comments that were not shown on the evening news. Surely then it would have been a better idea to simply telephone the Chief Executive of the hospital or just impose the intervention order.
At the time of the meeting the City of London Corporation played the dirty trick of informing the Occupylsx protesters that they will not face legal action until January 2011 but failed to officially announce it. As a result the G20 strongly suggested that no attempt is made to transfer my grandmother and the inevitable Court of Protection (COP) injunction that will bring until December 4th - after the COP17 Summit.
So it's no surprise then that British Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude spent the entire afternoon telling every TV camera that would listen that public sector workers including health care workers need to understant that "this is the only offer on the table and there must be no strikes in November." Unfortunately most of those people would have been at work at the time and missed the comments that were not shown on the evening news. Surely then it would have been a better idea to simply telephone the Chief Executive of the hospital or just impose the intervention order.
Complete Failure.
I've just got off the phone with the complaints officer at CUH and they referred me to the Manager supervising the complaint investigation. That manager has failed to answer their phone but speaking to the complaints officer not a single one of the benchmarks for the compliant, safeguarding, ceasing discharge plans reporting to police etc have been complied with.
Therefore they clearly have no intention of undertaking any form of negotiation.
Edited at 16:30 on 2/11/11: I did finally get through to the manager in charge of the investigation. They have no intention of meeting any of the six benchmarks or carrying a through investigation or referring the matter to a body that is prepared to carry out that investigation. Intervention order it's the only way.
Edited again to add more haste less speed. On receiving the complaint the Chief Executive should have identified that the scope of the severity of the complaint was such that he had no choice other to refer it up to either the CQC or the police for investigation. Instead he chose to limit the scope of the investigation by passing it down to an internal manager. That manager should have sent the matter back to him So the hospital is being mismanaged from Chief Executive level. Therefore there is no option other then to make an intervention order to put the hospital under central government control so the Chief Executive and the board can be replaced.
Therefore they clearly have no intention of undertaking any form of negotiation.
Edited at 16:30 on 2/11/11: I did finally get through to the manager in charge of the investigation. They have no intention of meeting any of the six benchmarks or carrying a through investigation or referring the matter to a body that is prepared to carry out that investigation. Intervention order it's the only way.
Edited again to add more haste less speed. On receiving the complaint the Chief Executive should have identified that the scope of the severity of the complaint was such that he had no choice other to refer it up to either the CQC or the police for investigation. Instead he chose to limit the scope of the investigation by passing it down to an internal manager. That manager should have sent the matter back to him So the hospital is being mismanaged from Chief Executive level. Therefore there is no option other then to make an intervention order to put the hospital under central government control so the Chief Executive and the board can be replaced.
Because They Won't Stop On Their Own.
I've just received the following letter from Croydon University Hospital (CUH). It's dated Friday October 28th but has taken a unusually long time to have travelled through the postal system. It rather sarcastically informs me that the Chief Executive is "very sorry to read of my concerns" and reassures me "my complaint will be taken very seriously." It also provides me with a direct contact number for the complaints officer. Obviously I will now have to contact them to find out how seriously they are taking the matter by finding out how many of the recommendations they have implemented including safeguarding by suspending named staff and ceasing all attempts at discharge other then to a psychiatric facility.
I suspect they will have done absolutely none of them because they seem intent to fight this one out not recognising that my fees increase by the hour and I'm seriously considering imposing a summit levy.
I suspect they will have done absolutely none of them because they seem intent to fight this one out not recognising that my fees increase by the hour and I'm seriously considering imposing a summit levy.
Lansley's Missed His Mark.
At 11:50 today (2/11/11) the UK's Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley was set to deliver the most important speech of his political career. Unfortunately he buckled under the pressure and failed to attend. Meanwhile in preparation for the G20 Summit a French magazine has fire bombed it's own offices. You may remember that following the G8 Summit there was speculation that Britain would use the opportunity of the G20 Summit to cause drama by fire bombing my neighbours at #50 an implicate me in the attack. So it appears that even Britain's closet ally is now pleading with them to stop.
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