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Coulson’s Compromise Agreement: So What?

Posted on 05/09/2011 by Michael Scutt • 0 Comments

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I’ve been away in France for a couple of weeks, hence the silence on this blog.  It’s now time to burn off those calories with some serious typing and what better start than on a story that Robert Peston ran on his BBC blog on the 22nd August (apologies if this is staler than yesterday’s croissant)?  Under a headline “Coulson got hundreds of thousands of pounds from News International”, Mr. Peston reported that Andy Coulson (yes, the one late of News International (NI) and News of the World) received several hundred thousand pounds in respect of

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Miriam O’Reilly: The BBC Thinks We’re to Blame

Posted on 14/01/2011 by Michael Scutt • 3 Comments

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I was pleased to see that Miriam O’Reilly won her age discrimination claim against the BBC.  At first glance, the fact that she was replaced by a younger man and woman whilst the veteran John Craven remained in place, didn’t look like the easiest of claims with which to succeed.

However, the fact that a BBC executive told her to “watch those wrinkles when HD comes in” and another told her it was “time for Botox” was pretty helpful ammunition for her.

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How do You Spot a Whistleblower?

Posted on 07/01/2011 by Michael Scutt • 3 Comments

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The BBC reports today that the US government is trying to develop tests to spot whistleblowers, aka  ”moles” or “insider threats” as they’re now called (mole was so much better).  Psychiatrists and Sociologists are being called on to identify those people who might be tempted to download the contents of their hard drives to Wikileaks.

The report quotes one US “expert” as saying there is a type of person who might leak information.  They may be “disgruntled” (no, really?) and;

“It may be that they are very angry, there are a lot of outbursts, sometimes their performance goes downhill… Sometimes they deliberately start sabotaging someone else’s work,”

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Kevin Keegan beats Newcastle United

Posted on 05/10/2009 by Michael Scutt • 2 Comments

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Kevin Keegan has won his case for constructive dismissal against former employers Newcastle United, being awarded £2mn by the Premier League’s Manager’s Arbitration Tribunal.  He left the club in September 2008 after falling out with them over the purchase of a player Ignacio Gonzalez (who?) against his wishes. 

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