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Feb 9 2011, 08:11 PM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Feb 9 2011, 07:34 PM) Wow. Really? what a disgrace, wages have gone down, unemployment gone up, taxes up, and dear old west berks council get another £4m of tax payers money to waste
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Feb 9 2011, 08:29 PM
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QUOTE (blackdog @ Feb 9 2011, 08:16 PM) how can thay say that thay have saved £4.4 m pounds by by getting rid of 180 jobs ,then soon afterwards state they can spend £4m extra this year? dont they know what the word SAVE means. in real terms all they have saved is £400k
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Feb 9 2011, 08:41 PM
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QUOTE (jpone @ Feb 9 2011, 08:29 PM) how can thay say that thay have saved £4.4 m pounds by by getting rid of 180 jobs ,then soon afterwards state they can spend £4m extra this year? dont they know what the word SAVE means. in real terms all they have saved is £400k Who's "they"? If you mean the council they haven't said they've saved £4.4m by getting rid of 180 jobs, that's something the NWN have written in their article.
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Feb 9 2011, 08:50 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Feb 9 2011, 08:41 PM) Who's "they"?
If you mean the council they haven't said they've saved £4.4m by getting rid of 180 jobs, that's something the NWN have written. who else are we talking about then ??? of course i mean the council. and do you think the nwn just pull these figures out of the air???. you need to wake up and smell the coffee
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Feb 9 2011, 08:55 PM
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QUOTE (jpone @ Feb 9 2011, 08:50 PM) who else are we talking about then ??? of course i mean the council. and do you think the nwn just pull these figures out of the air???. you need to wake up and smell the coffee You're wrong then, they haven't said they've saved £4.4m by getting rid of 180 jobs, not in that article anyway. The word "saved" that you seem to dislike has been used by the NWN reporter.
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Feb 9 2011, 09:01 PM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Feb 9 2011, 08:54 PM) NWN's journalism isn't always all that it might be to be honest. as i have a front row seat when it comes to wbc, i have seen so much waste of public money that it makes me feel sick
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Feb 9 2011, 09:06 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Feb 9 2011, 08:55 PM) You're wrong then, they haven't said they've saved £4.4m by getting rid of 180 jobs, not in that article anyway.
The word "saved" that you seem to dislike has been used by the NWN reporter. no, it was nick carter who said £4.4m was being saved buy the axeing of 180 post
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Feb 9 2011, 09:10 PM
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QUOTE (jpone @ Feb 9 2011, 09:06 PM) no, it was nick carter who said £4.4m was being saved buy the axeing of 180 post Read it again. You're wrong, there's no quote from Nick Carter saying that. Whilst I'm sure it's factually correct, it's the NWN that say this and use the word "saved" you seem to be so hung up on.
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Feb 9 2011, 09:14 PM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Feb 9 2011, 08:54 PM) NWN's journalism isn't always all that it might be to be honest. What makes you say this?
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Feb 9 2011, 09:15 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Feb 9 2011, 09:14 PM) What makes you say this? They balls facts up. Take the article. It is states there was a media briefing and the following paragraph explains that 4.4 million was saved by the axing of jobs. This is either obtained from the briefing, or they misheard.
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Feb 9 2011, 09:16 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Feb 9 2011, 09:10 PM) Read it again. You're wrong, there's no quote from Nick Carter saying that.
Whilst I'm sure it's factually correct, it's the NWN that say this and use the word "saved" you seem to be so hung up on. im not reading any quotes,i was there
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