tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post9045450028642003937..comments2023-08-02T10:45:41.531+01:00Comments on In the footsteps of the Fool: a blind step awayDave Leekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-5754977335714523392010-05-10T10:10:10.477+01:002010-05-10T10:10:10.477+01:00Yes, higher ed is going to be first in line, too -...Yes, higher ed is going to be first in line, too -- no-one likes a smart-arse.<br /><br />Everyone in my partner's department is already being asked to re-apply for their own job, with the intention of finding 5 redundancies and the cuts haven't even started yet!<br /><br />I have been giving serious thought to dropping out (finally!) for some years, so your RV strikes a chord with me. If I were a teacher, I'd grab the opportunity while it's still there.<br /><br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-71207013943891421522010-05-09T23:00:31.583+01:002010-05-09T23:00:31.583+01:00"I did vote for them" - but didn't i..."I did vote for them" - but didn't inhale?<br /><br />As a public servant - I shudder to think what's going to happen. Our futures are far from secure. Maybe we're reaching an age where we can do something else usefully and have a better "quality of life". That's what the old mobile bedsit is about.Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-79183817068848517382010-05-08T09:51:01.728+01:002010-05-08T09:51:01.728+01:00If I was a Lib Dem -- which, thankfully, I'm n...If I was a Lib Dem -- which, thankfully, I'm not, though I did vote for them to keep a Tory out (unsuccessfully) -- I'd be pretty bloody fed up. What a disappointment, what a dilemma!<br /><br />I love this line "the people have spoken"... Yes, but unfortunately all at once.<br /><br />As you say, it'll be OK. At least it might put the skids under the worst public sector spending cuts. If they touch my pension, though, it's WAR, I tell you!<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-16850319390578712652010-05-07T22:05:10.582+01:002010-05-07T22:05:10.582+01:00There is always hope. The news isn't that bad...There is always hope. The news isn't that bad - let them screw up. It will all work out in the end.<br /><br />Relax. . .Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-92218892591211099582010-05-07T20:24:06.164+01:002010-05-07T20:24:06.164+01:00We're all doomed, DOOMED!We're all doomed, DOOMED!Brendinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442556958669427968noreply@blogger.com