Get the haddocks, politics is getting silly again (or more so)

Sparky’s take on the whole veil/cross debate – or to put it another way – Sparky’s take on religion on the work place.

My first point is actually one of discomfort. Yes, there was Straw’s opinion. Then there was the woman with a veil suspended as a teaching assistant. Naturally, her local MP is expected to speak up on the issue… then everyone seemed to come out of the woodwork on it ready to add their own censure – MPs not from the area, not connected to it and not in any related government body. It’s beginning to feel like national “hey, let’s bitch about Muslims” day.

That said, being an opinionated soul, and certainly since I’m not up for election of any MPs seat, here’s my take on it:


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De-stressing with the Hounds because these things are so much funnier when hey happen to someone els

As all of our workloads go through the ROOF, we are all becoming considerably less patient with stupidity. We don’t have enough hours in the day to deal with idiots and we have so many clients we can all do to drive off a couple of them by telling them what wastes of skin they are (which gives us all a happy feeling).

This one is for my colleague, the ever-so-efficient yet eternally boring business lawyer *shudder*.

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