GI James Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speckled Frost Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 That reminds me - my fence needs whitewashing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GI James Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Can you get grants for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 As snow-jobs go it's not a bad effort. "Blame our department, the Corkill's couldn't possibly have known that they only qualified for a single grant" and so forth. Hopefully there will be some simple questions requiring simple answers tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Can you get grants for that? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I expect some people could. Hopefully there will be some simple questions requiring simple answers tomorrow. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wish I had your optimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posters Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 As snow-jobs go it's not a bad effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Bless...... We should have that as a National symbol outside the airport perhaps :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Good effort. Although shafting would probably be more appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speckled Frost Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Are they expecting us to swallow it all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GI James Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 I suspect the answer to that is Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy One Mate Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Totally confused !!!!!!!!! Memo from internal audit was March. Internal audit requested to investigate in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GI James Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Oh Billy, Bless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Just got my copy of the Isle of Man Nedsaminer and I am about to settle down to absorb the latest events in our domestic political arena - thank goodness we might be considered to benefit from unbiased, daring, freespeaking cutting edge journalism, ever ready to sniff out sinister leaked memo's in the relentless pursuit of the truth to serve the people and stuff......... Oooohhh, kettle is on :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Well.... I actually laughed out loud when I got to the bit that said the two separate applications were a result of specific advice issued by the grant office which unfortunately hadn't been documented at all in any of the files...no letters, no faxes, no file notes...... must just have been a quick/casual chat over the phone eh? ROFLMAO! Of course there is no way anyone, not even a senior finance minister or similar, would have been aware that they had somehow managed to be awarded two near maximum payments in contravention of all the supporting paperwork you so carefully wade through when embarking on an application of that nature? Gosh, am I really that cynical? PS. Also laughed at the way the story was spliced over two pages - all the positives in a nice eye catching spot on the front page followed by a "Please turn to page 6" whereafter I initially struggled to find the rest of the report amongst all the ads, which needless to say contained what might be construed as the more negative aspects of the history surrounding the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speckled Frost Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Oh, come one Obs! You don't expect to put the well-worn history and background to a story near the top. All fresh new angle stuff goes first, backed up by historical reference. And turnovers get put where they can. Now you're being too cynical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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