Private Eye article Ive found

Found this post from a different forum and thought you guys might be interested



PRIVATE EYE ARTICLE

I was tickled by the following in Private Eye relating to an exchange between Richard Bacon MP and the MOD's Trevor Woolley. The exchange took place during a House of Commons Public Accounts Committee meeting into the sale of DERA / QinetiQ. Since the sale, some staff have made £millions from the sale of shares.

Bacon. “Mr Wooley are you a chartered accountant?”

Woolley “I am not”

Bacon “Are you a qualified financial person of any kind? Do you have any financial qualifications?”

Woolley “I do not have any financial qualifications?”

Bacon “What is your job?”

Wooley “I am the financial director of the Ministry of Defence”

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"Things never change"

LOL, now that makes sense to me.

That's about right!

MOD employees don`t need formal qualifications..We don`t want the place to run properly,Do we?

You sure that exchange wasn't a Monty Python skit?

Makes sense, I work for the Government and trust me,"Monty Phython" at the pinnacle of fame, couldn't make up some of the nonsense I see every-day. I only go into work to see what's going too happen next.

My favourite which I wittnessed in Ottawa at DND HQ's. Two Lt/Col.s both PPCLI officers coming out of a confernce room loudly and graphicly telling a RCAF Brigader Gen. he had no idea what the f*** he was talking about. Being only a lowly Cpl. I found other things to pay attention to.

PPCLI Hardrations?

Jim
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry or commonly known as Princess Pats.

Bob

jim wrote:

PPCLI Hardrations?

The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) is an infantry regiment in the Canadian Forces (CF), belonging to 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1 CMBG). It is one of the most decorated regiments in the CF. It currently consists of three Regular Force battalions and one Reserve Force. The PPCLI is ranked second in the order of precedence for the regular infantry. The regiment's Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) is located at CFB Edmonton in Alberta, with two regular battalions located at CFB Edmonton, and the other at CFB Shilo in Manitoba. The Loyal Edmonton Regiment is a militia regiment and carries the designation "4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry".

And a thanks to you also Bob

Ah Thanks guys and that explains Shilo in the other post as well.

If nothing else,you get an education on this forum