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Friday, 16 December 2011

Discrimination and Compensation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-16224062

A hospital trust has been ordered to pay nearly £4.5m in compensation to a doctor who was hounded out of her job after deciding to have a baby.A Leeds tribunal found Dr Eva Michalak, now 53, suffered race and sex discrimination at Pontefract General Infirmary.It said colleagues mounted a "concerted campaign" to bring her employment to an end while she was on maternity leave.The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has apologised to Dr Michalak.The trust and three senior staff members have been ordered to pay Dr Michalak £4,452,206.60 for the sex and race discrimination.

Okay. This may seem a bit harsh to the feminist movement or equality for all, but I do not believe that anyone should receive this level of compensation citing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Now why do I not believe that this individual should receive this? Look at our military. Does any sane person on this planet honestly believe that she has gone through the same ordeal as the soldiers who fight in Afghanistan, and other war stricken areas? Yet we pay them no where near the same amount in compensation for their PTSD. Now honestly ask your selves this question, Does the woman who was discriminated against deserve approximately £4.5 million or the soldier who has had his arms removed by an IED on the roadside in Afghanistan doing what his government has told him too?

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This makes me mad, you too?: The French don't like us - Quelle surprise!

This makes me mad, you too?: The French don't like us - Quelle surprise!: According to the (biased) BBC, the French don't appear to like us. This seems to be news to the BBC. Seems that Cameron has upset them ...

'A seat at the table'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16209414

Ed Miliband said in the house of commons that David Cameron had failed because he failed to be part of the discussions and failed to gain allies to defend British interests.

Well I don't see how we could have got a better outcome from David Cameron's actions. We now 'have a seat at the table' although we will not be voting we can affect policy, but we can do this without any obligations from the UK, Meaning we can protect the city of London from unfair policies and centralisation but also have a say in implementing policy in the EU that will help it regain stability. How could we have hoped for a better response. Congratulations David Cameron, your balls have paid of.

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Thursday, 15 December 2011

This makes me mad, you too?: BA Customer Service

This makes me mad, you too?: BA Customer Service: Arrived at Terminal 5 - late, even though, per the pilot, the transatlantic flight had 165 MPH tail-winds . Then forced to wait more than ...

This makes me mad, you too?: UK not so isolated?

This makes me mad, you too?: UK not so isolated?: So if we look around and get our news stream from other than the biased BBC, we find that other countries are having second thoughts about ...