Christopher John Myers

Heard the one about the cat rescue that involved two police cars, two fire engines and a two hour road closure? It’s true! It happened Cheltenham last week and it cost us thousands.   Who said the public services were cash-strapped? Apparently the RSPCA called out the emergency services.   So my question is, will they pick up the bill?  I don’t want public money squandered in this way. My campaign to get the RSPCA – one of Britain’s richest charities – to pick up the bill.   Honk if you agree! Don’t believe me about this farce?   Read it here: Cat rescue descends into farce after police and fire service close road , http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Danger – cows!   How sad, how mad – dog walker injured by stampeding cow provokes call for warning signs Here’s the story – a woman’s dog provokes a herd of cows who rush and injure her.   Now her misguided mum wants countryside warning signs to say, “cows with calves (may) be dangerous!” Emma Moody was crossing a field in St Martin, Cornwall, when her dog disturbed a herd of cows and their young calves.   Some might say the cows were only doing what any mother would do and protect their young. But they charged Emma. Now her distraught mum says, “If only there had been a warning sign that cows with calves could be dangerous, then Emma wouldn’t have entered the field.” You couldn’t make it up. “These recommendations should become law to ensure no other family has to go through what we’ve had to contend with.” My view, of course, is that pet dogs have no place in the countryside. See what you think: Apologies, it’s the Daily Mail|: www.dailymail.co.uk

Public sector workers - £2.7 billion in pay-offs in a single year It’s unbelievable, but but we have paid out £2.7 billion to public sector workers in pay-offs in the last year. A Treasury spokesman claimed that,“In the civil service alone, job reductions have contributed to workforce savings of £2.2 billion in the last financial year.”  But nearly 3,500 staff received compensation packages worth more than £100,000, and more than 14,000 were awarded “golden goodbyes” of between £50,000 and £100,000. Question is, how many then were recycled into other parts of the state apparatus? www.telegraph.co.uk