Call time on public sector scroungers
PLENTY of papers fill a lot of space having a pop at “benefits scroungers”.
And when we read about the likes of 32- year- old mother- of- NINE Cheryl Prudham enjoying a £ 7,000 holiday in Menorca on the parish, we’re right to feel a bit vexed.
It comes hard on the heels of Benefits Street ratbag “White Dee” and her jaunt to Majorca.
But it’s not just those at the – how’s a nice way to say this? – ‘ lower end’ of the social scale who are sucking like hungry pitbull puppies on the withered teat of the State.
There are those who spend taxpayers’ money – OUR money – just as recklessly.
And these are people who should know better.
Take the management of the shiny new Southmead Hospital in Bristol.
A cool £ 430million has been spent on the hospital and of this a staggering £ 250,000 has been spunked… on a CLOCK!
Worse, it’s impossible to tell the time on the thing.
North Bristol NHS Trust chief executive Andrea Young defended the spend.
She said: “The light sculpture, which also doubles up as a binary clock to enable people to tell the time in a fun way, fills the large space of the three atrium area of the Brunel building.
“We think it is stunning and are delighted to have a work by an artist with an international reputation inside our new hospital.
“The installation can be seen by both outpatients and visitors passing through the atrium areas as well as patients in the rooms overlooking them, providing a pleasant distraction.”
How the buggering f*** does having “work by an artist with an international reputation” help with a hospital’s job which is, er, getting sick people better.
But the mindset of these public sector spendthrifts is clearly “What the f*** – it’s not our money!”
And that is exactly the same mindset as Cheryl Prudham and White Dee.
Cheryl herself said: “I don’t feel bad about using taxpayers’ money.”
Those words could have come straight from the mouth of an NHS manager.