We are compiling a list of the top 50 most influential left wing thinkers of 2010 – politicians, journalists, bloggers, think tankers, academics, campaigners – and we need your input; please email [email protected] with your suggestions by the end of next week, midnight Sunday 22nd August.
We are compiling a list of the top 50 most influential left wing thinkers of 2010 – politicians, journalists, bloggers, think tankers, academics, campaigners – and we need your input.
Please email me – [email protected] – with your suggestions or write them in the comments below, by the end of next week, midnight Sunday 22nd August by the start of next month, midnight Sunday 5th September.
We will then collate a list of 50 for our readers to vote on; the results will be published in September around conference season.
Thanks in advance for all your suggestions!
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34 Responses to “Send us your suggestions for the year’s most influential left wingers”
their_vodka
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Claire French
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Verso UK
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malcolm geary
Government Savings – suggestion 10th Aug 2010
The army of Trading Standards civil servants employed at great cost in every Town Hall is worth looking at. As a body allegedly performing a public duty, they are mostly clock watching keyboard clickers / pen pushers with a comfortable gold plated pension to look forward to. Their ability to deliver value for money is highly doubtful as the following example from my experience demonstrates. Most convenience food stores have fridges which are supposed to keep chilled food at prescribed temperatures laid down by the Food Standards Agency. In my 16 years spent supplying such outlets, most under-performed the required standards by between 50 and 100%. How many were shut down in order to protect the public ? Not a single one I know of. Did anyone die as a result ? probably not, but could well have endured some tummy ache or upset requiring medical attention.
Since this Coalition Government invites suggestions from the public in order to reduce the horrendous deficit inherited from the outgoing lot, I say we should rely on existing legislation to protect the consumer – namely The Sale of Goods Act 1893. This covers everything sold to the public and produce has to be of merchantable quality & not cause harm to consumers. It may have been updated but the basics are what matter. Environmental health officers are another bunch of hangers-on who swell the Council Tax burden and achieve next to nothing.
Yours,
MDG
SL6 1UD ( No. 17 )