Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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#41
HMMMMM, Police on time and a half or more. Ok not their fault a good gain.
Soldiers on normal pay and leave cancelled.
That all sounds very fair to me.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Keith Sansum1
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#42
ian list goes on
railway staff gaining between £40 and £2000 a day if they work
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#43
Yes it is beginning to look like a shambles alright, yet another one under Home Secretary Therese May's watch.
But the concern mentioned now constantly on the radio this morning is...will the guys already recruited by G4s actually turn up for work. You might remember that item recently on TV where a customer service company was offering jobs. The MD said that he recruited and recruited but then they dont turn up...some do for a day or two and then vanish, others despite agreeing to start work never appear. This seems to be the latest concern re G4s too. How many of those already signed on will appear or will they prefer to continue signing on elsewhere if you get my drift.
Staff or potential staff have no committment to the work, its short term, its generally poorly paid, it interferes with benefits...so a real further concern has manifested itself here.
We may need yet more troops. And yes its true all others mucked about by the Olympics are getting increases in pay for the extra work/stress levels...but so far NOT the army.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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#44
understand a few being like that but 3,500 thats a lot of a shortfall
the chief exec will appear before the select committee today
but teresa may wont be called until after the olympics
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#45
Keefy these concerns re 'not turning up' apply to the extra staff already hired...this therefore a real concern over and above that 3,500 shortfall figure...this problem could shove that shortfall figure way higher.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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#46
yes paulb armed forces 3,500
now police from 8 forces having to fill gaps
teresa may has a lot to answer for as well(after the olympics)
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Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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#47
I doubt it Keith, untouchable, she like the rest of her cronies are teflon coated.
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#48
Have we had a change of Government over these last thirty years or so?
It seems that there has been no halt in the philosophy of throwing money at a problem and calling it 'sorted'.
Billions put towards getting people back to work. (hurrah?)
Billions laid out to secure the Olympics. (Job done?)
Oh!
And billions upon billions of good money sent after bad to cure what ails the Banks. (phew?)
Somebody has to learn the difference between, 'nostrum' and 'placebo'!
Plainly, the present crisis makes it abundantly clear that pumping cash straight into the coffers of directors and shareholders without the least intention of any of the money filtering through the wallets and purses of the employees is another folly in a very long line of follies.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#49
there was a suggestion somewhere in the media that bonuses for the g4s top brass is taken away and shared among the service personnel dragged in.
now that would go down well with the public.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#50
Plenty of security down here on the seafront...!lol
Well these look like security anyway..on a walkabout a few minutes ago...are they G4s??
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#51
All is not quite lost. A letter from today's Telegraph...
"SIR - There will be 70,000 volunteers working all over the country to make these Olympic Games work. Some will be experts in a particular field, others will do any task assigned to them. Some have been involved in events in preparation for the Games.
All, whether or not they live in London, have attended a half-day orientation course, a role-specific training day, a venue-specific training day and will have collected their uniform and accreditation for each event at different venues in London.
Some shifts at the Games begin at 6am and last for more than eight hours, others finish after more than eight hours at 11pm. Some shifts are days apart so require an extra journey home. Virgin Trains will provide one first-class return journey to the Games, and one meal per shift is provided. Other than that, all travel and accommodation is the responsibility and at the expense of each volunteer.
I am one of these volunteers and was involved in interviewing potential volunteers in the North West. I met the most wonderful people, young and old, and they will be among the unsung heroes of 2012.
It restored my faith in human nature.
Catherine Waring
Chorley, Lancashire "
And yet we hear that many of these volunteers are set to be stranded in London with very little by way of joined-up-thinking and less action on the late night/early morning public transport front. Some volunteers who have undergone all the training are yet unsure if it is possible for them to carry on and do what is asked of them, and what they dearly wish to do, because so little thought has gone into the logistics of getting volunteers to and from the games.
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Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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#52
Police are now filling the gaps G4S are still failing to provide.Police chiefs say it is like
a lottery to know how many G4S staff will turn up......What a Shambles....
CEO Buckle looks like he will be sacked but no Ministers are for the chop !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chinless wonder Hunt`s News Night interviews show how incompetent he is.
We have a Cabinet of Buffoons....
At the time we are on the world stage our security arrangements are Humilitatingly
obvious to all.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#53
Let me be the first...
"Buckles under pressure."
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Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#54
#50, I think they are DHB staff PaulB
Great shame that some of the Gateway flats are still covered in netting, spoils things somewhat not least the view for some of the residents there
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#55
Now, now Colette, surely this is more than compensated for by the wrap-round verandas?
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Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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#56
Doubt they are DHB Colette, not in corporate colours.
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Guest 648- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#57
Im sure they arae DDC staff .A lot of DDC are involved with the event
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#58
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Brian Dixon
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#59
what a farse,g4s unfit for pupose.what more can one say,apart from there repitation has been shot to pieces hasnt it.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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#60
Chinless wonder Hunt on BBC News said ``This is not the time for a Witch Hunt``
One wonders what Theresa May will call HUNT ??
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