Posh

The Bullingdon Club…

…don’t like the thought of a film about the Bullingdon Club. Boris (naturally) and David (no sheepish about it) were members of the society of upper class yobs. Tories don’t like the thought of the public being reminded about the well-to-do backgrounds of their bods.

Angie Bray (conservative, Ealing Central and Action[1]) who presumably wasn’t a member due to being female, said it looks like the film industry is taking revenge for George Osborne cutting their subsidies. Where’s the great surprise Angie? You lot target anyone in a strong trade union, your blessed Margaret and her son Tone went on a bloody and vindictive rampage against anyone with upper body strength and hairs on their arse while kissing the shiny-seated backsides of chair polishers and spreadsheet nerds in air conditioned offices. Get a little back and there’s tears and the stamping of small feet in expensive shoes.

The film’s called Posh. Lottery funded. Good.

The postmistress general…

…while dismantling the postal service from the roots up, lives nowhere roots. Heaven forbid. There’s soil and all sorts at root level. She’s safely up in the top branches. She emailed someone who complained about her £250,000 relocation allowance. This is someone on £1,470,000.00 a year (that’s £122,500 / month).

This is what she wrote:

“…actual practise [sic] for setting and applying agreed compensation…”

“The climate for executives and their abilty [sic] to manage in the UK remains highly politicised, all aggravated by a press corp whose general traits have been well set out by Mr Justice Levinson [sic].”

That’s over twenty eight grand a week for a postmistress who can’t spell, does not check her emails before pressing send, and can’t be bothered to Google the Leveson Inquiry.

£250,000 buys you a shedload of removal lorries. Outright. Those are some relocation expenses right there. Apparently she handed the money back.

The problem is that she was offered it in the first place.

I wonder what Angie (Ealing Central and Acton) had to say about that. Very little, is my guess. Maybe they’ll make a film about illiterate Canadians getting paid huge amounts to shaft the Post Office.

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[1] That’s a very clumsy formulation, don’t you think? Acton and Ealing Central is much better.