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11. Safety in numbers is a buck-passing scam
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 27 October 2004IF THERE is one phrase that deserves our contempt it's the statement 'all our agencies are working together' which in practice means the buck will be passed hither and thither until we lose track and no-one will accept responsibility.
12. No honour among politicians on Iraq tragedy
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 27 October 2004MACCLESFIELD Councillor Mike Flynn claims the Lib Dems were the only ones who 'got it right' in their stance on Iraq.
13. Big Bucks for a non-profit making organisation
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 13 October 2004THE NEARER council house tenants get to a vote on the sale of their homes the more cynical I become. Take for instance the currently released figures on executive salaries at some of the so-called 'Housing Associations'.
14. Cops and postal orders
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 13 October 2004WHILST I am delighted to learn our chief constable is reintroducing community policing I do hope he does not employ the methods of Norfolk Police who are asking rural post offices to take over some of their constabulary duties.
15. Braised egos at Civic Society grilling
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 6 October 2004I ATTENDED a 'Meet the Press' get-together at Macclesfield's Civic Society on Tuesday night.
16. A whistle full of pig snot
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 6 October 2004HAVE you noticed how wives always try to involve their husbands in whatever they are doing? I was out with the dogs yesterday when my mobile phone rang.
17. Tony Blair fences off complaint of being apathetic in hunting ballot
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 29 September 2004I AM assured by an MP, of whom I have the greatest regard, that he overheard this conversation in the House of Commons recently.
18. When it comes to barking mad, Tories take the biscuit
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 29 September 2004YOU have to hand it to Macclesfield Tories when it comes to barking mad they take the entire biscuit factory!
19. A letter to the teacher
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 22 September 2004DEAR sir or madam, I am very sorry to be writing to you to tell you that my wife and I have very reluctantly had to make the decision to delay the return of our children to the school.
20. A little common sense could save the health service millions of pounds
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 22 September 2004I WAS wondering recently where the massive increase in NHS funding is actually going when I heard the health minister say he was launching a multi-million pound 'Hand Hygiene Initiative'. Did you ever hear so much pretentious claptrap?