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Home » Posts tagged 'Civil Service'

  • Clowns in High Places

    • September 15, 2010
    • By Think Defence
    • Land, Sea and Air
    • 12 comments

    What is it with our journalists, why are they so biblically ignorant and should we expect more. The Ministry of Defence has, to an extent, asked for this. It has about 85,000 civil servants, roughly the same as the total complements of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force put together. One of the first places to start a clear-out is there. [...]

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  • The Civil Service Bonus Story

    • November 12, 2009
    • By Think Defence
    • Business and Politics
    • 2 comments

    Widely reported in the press today was the issue of MoD civil service bonus payments. In the usual pattern of these things the press pick up on a story and then wheel in the usual pundits and the family of dead or injured service personnel to reinforce the premise of the story. The general thrust of the story is usually [...]

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