Monday 20 September 2010

Egypt

By ecke it's hot. How you all doing out there?

Wilt

Saturday 11 September 2010

9/11

We have photos somewhere of the twin towers before and after 9/11 but in their absence (the portfolio runs into hundreds of thousands) I offer this picture in remembrance of the victims – a day of infamy that Wilt watched live on TV and was sat, open mouthed in front of the TV in disbelief. for days.

Whatever Wilt felt, which was considerable distress, was only a miniscule of a miniscule of the emotional distress of his relatives/friends in New York who looked on in horror from across the river.

This scene is at Arlington Cemetery in Washington – befitting we believe of our sentiments on this sad anniversary – therein are at rest heroes of freedom.

And what was Calleja doing at the time? Complaining of course, and since. That kind of puts her in perspective, does it not? TWAT.

Wilt

Wheelie Bin

From BBC News
This BBC article caught my eye due to the rather unusual sea rescue of a wheelie bin - what a plonker.

You can just imagine the unnamed fellow saying, ‘see you later darling – I am going to retrieve the bin.’ And the reply ‘yes dear.’

Several hours later he ends up in hospital – it’s like something out of a Monty Python sketch.

It also caught my eye because of the location, Red Wharf Bay on Anglesey – one of Salty Dog’s favourite locations. The little village/anchorage has a wonderful beach, a pub (very important to Salty Dog) and a little cafe. The pub grub, be warned, is expensive and overpriced although tasty. The cafe on the other hand is reasonably priced and equally tasty grub can be had.

If you prefer, take a picnic – we gather you can dump your leftovers in a local wheelie bin now understood to be tethered to the sea wall.

There is nothing else there, not even a shop and the hotel up on the hill where we once stayed closed several years ago – that was before we bought our own north Wales abode.

When the tide is out you can walk for miles and Salty Dog gets to play in the pools left behind by the receding sea. Plan your walk carefully, cos when that tide returns it does so at greater pace than many can run.

Wilt

Friday 10 September 2010

Humour In Death

Wilt Portfolio
In case you had not noticed (for which you could be forgiven) Wilt is back in the UK – he is off again Monday flying out to a warmer climate much against his better wishes, but the client demands it.

Wilt just hopes the return flight on Tuesday evening is not interrupted or delayed, as the following day he is off to Egypt on his sojourn.

Anyway, Wilt has been in a bit of a quandary for a couple of days, deciding whether or not to appeal a Court matter in which he acts as a Guardian – he is still in a quandary over it. Serious stuff is at stake. A real head in the hands affair.

However, Wilt will search his conscience a little further before arriving at a decision.

In the mean time Wilt was listening to the BBC Radio 4 Six O’clock News tonight which reported that in Australia the Catholic Church is to ban certain bespoke musical renditions from funerals in favour of more sombre music as the coffin disappears behind those curtains.

Among the banned musical choices hitherto used in Australian funerals is Queen’s ‘Another Bites The Dust.’

Fucking brilliant Australian humour - me thinks Wilt will have that song at his funeral.

Another, welcomed, falling off the office chair in a fit of laughter moment. How do these BBC folk keep themsewlves from laughing when reporting this stuff? Now my head hurts having landed not very softly on the carpet.

Wilt

Fair Comment

From the Wilt Portfolio

It would appear CAFCASS are protesting against fair comment, not by simply protesting but by referring the matter to the GSCC. See the Blog post here from Allan Norman (of Celtic Knot).

The question not posed by Norman however is how the matter managed to get from the GSCC conduct team, through a Preliminary Proceedings hearing and finally onto a full Conduct hearing? The GSCC officers could have knocked the complaint on the head as an obvious malicious complaint, attempting to silence not only Charles Place but indeed post a warning to others who might disagree with CAFCASS.

So, although the GSCC tribunal Committee might have done the right thing (and they did), there is no analysis of how it got before the Committee in the first place. What were the GSCC officers up to bringing this matter before them?
How much wasted resources and thousands of pounds were spent on this wasteful exercise, and really was an admonishment necessary given as Norman observes:

“One irony of this case is that the social worker concerned remains employed by CAFCASS apparently carrying out "valuable work for us to a good standard" according to its chief executive. Misconduct is defined as conduct which calls into question suitability to remain on the register. CAFCASS did not even believe it called into question his competence or suitability to be employed by them, so why bring the complaint?”

A similar question, Allan, applies to the GSCC officers.

It just goes to show that the GSCC are still a very dysfunctional organisation incapable of deciding what role it fulfils.

Wilt

Sunday 5 September 2010

A Nice Man

From Microsoft Windows Vista Professional
We believe Hague has been dealt a very bad deal – as much as Wilt supports blogging, and indeed Guido http://order-order.com/, there was little excuse for this blogger news (gossip) having been promulgated – it was at best mischievous and at worst pure effort to undermine the standing of this otherwise extremely able parliamentarian, and his wife. See article here from the BBC.

The Times, in my print copy,*** gave a good account of the fiasco, albeit not uncritical of Hague for his lack of foresight of how others (the press) might make further mischief of the debacle. This does not help blogging, in the least. Some bloggers of course rely upon facts, documentation and/or qualified opinion – like Regulator Watch.

*** We do not subscribe to the electronic version (like Watchful).

The Sunday Times also has a very thoughtful and interesting article on that chap Julian Assange, the founder of Wikeleaks, who is now having his private affairs, we read, much against his better wishes being published – allegations of sexual assault, although it is far from certain, reading between the lines, if it was anything like that, actually.

You see, what goes around, comes around, eventually – hence the despair of Elizabeth (‘Disgusted of Leamington Spa’). Indeed Mr Coulson BBC article might yet find himself the wrong end of his affairs becoming more public.

Meanwhile, carry on Mr & Mrs Hague – you have our support too.

Wilt

Flight

Well we have an early morning flight to catch – business overseas again until Wednesday evening. We have the laptop and will be keeping in touch.

In the mean time we hope, unlike before, Elizabeth and co will refrain from attacking Regulator Watch – she has rediscovered the site again but has been remarkably restrained in accessing it, for the moment. Perhaps she is writing a long letter of complaint to Google.

From Wilt Portfolio
Fortunately ‘Blogger’ is hosted in the US and falls under both California and Federal law which achieves three things: first Google (who operate Blogger) will not act on threats of legal action (they require a Court Order), second they will not arbitrate and third they are very strong on this thing called ‘freedom of speech.’  That appears to be something that is declining in the UK.

We have also stiffened up our site conditions and those who access the site have been assumed to have read and it and there is that the so called ‘Adult Content’ screen which greets you before accessing Regulator Watch – no excuse then (not that there ever was in reality) for Elizabeth logging on several times a day/night and then complaining of being ‘Mrs Disgusted’ of Leamington Spa. If you don’t like it, go to some other Blog.

And of course Calleja can post her own comments if she wishes, to express her freedom speech – she has never had that difficulty before in talking to the press and media or posting/faxing/emailing numerous persons or agencies. So go on Elizabeth, go for it.

The other day we wondered, given all the recent hassle, why were we doing all this. There are of course a host of reasons, like the antics of the GSCC, Ofsted and the like – but also because of this article generated by Elizabeth in the Spectator of all places. It is such utter fucking rubbish, indeed the article was published without consultation with anyone other than Elizabeth. That, in part, is why this Blog persists – it is to ‘out’ charlatans and utter fools, to redress the balance for reasonable thinking people and ensure that there is a voice for ‘Joe Public.’

I will return to that article and tell you the truth (or at least a different version of the truth) that is actually based on facts and actual evidence, not that “big black folder” which Elizabeth manicures to fit her highly edited version of events.

In the interim take a look at that article (have a good laugh – I did) and then remind yourself that the foster parent, Elizabeth Calleja, has been ARRESTED and placed on CONDITIONAL BAIL  for HARASSMENT- does that fit the image of the woman portrayed in the Spectator?

Anyway, all our old regulars are back and the regular traffic on Regulator Watch has been unaffected by the move. We thank again our friends who assisted tirelessly in the process. We thank all for their kindly messages by phone, posts on the Blog and by email.

We are off...... Flight to catch, and so bloody early on a Sunday.

Wilt

Get Real

Well there is nothing new in this story here in the Telegraph. This has been going on for years. The extent of it has of course grown out of all proportion and should now be severely curtailed. If trade union members want full or part time work place representation, then they should pay for it, not the taxpayer.

This is outrageous. We cannot afford it.

Wilt

Friday 3 September 2010

Where?

OK readers of Regulator Watch, where is the following:

From Wilt Portfolio

No prizes for the correct answer. You just get to be smug if you get it right.

If you want a clue it is not in the UK or even Europe.

Wilt

Bliss

We welcome back Watchful again :-) 

His/her welcome return reminds me that several years ago Wilt had the opportunity to do some work in Eire, including County Donegal and Wexford. Both are great places and one day Wilt must take Salty Dog back for a holiday - not too far from North Wales on the fast ferry.

And Wilt now knows how to get from the ferry port, through Dublin and, onto the excellent motorway/roads. He was then driving a (British) 3.2 V6 that could cruise to Donegal very nicely, via Sligo - an interesting looking town which he never quite got to explore.

Indeed the whole trip from Dublin to Donegal was filled with spectacular scenery - it was such a waste not having the time to stop at about a hundred or so places along the way.

On his work trip Wilt took with him his trusty Nikon. Now take a look at this:


Is that spectacular or what?

And it is but one of a whole series in a portfolio of this single bay and its nearby harbour. Wilt, you see, is a bit of a landscape photographer in his spare time.

Sadly this bay (I think actually in County Sligo) just south of Donegal has something of a history which many regret - it is where Lord Mountbatten was assassinated. See an article on it here.

Perhaps, had he had a choice, he (Mountbatten) might just have chosen to pass away his final days here - who could blame him.

The local harbour, an absolute delight, is at, I think it is called, Mullaghmore - there one finds absolute tranquility at the local pub which shelters behind the harbour wall, and does a grand lunch and a fine pint of whatever you might choose.

Bliss, absolute.

Wilt
ps: we are off again Sunday on business overseas - we hope this time there are no menacing threats over Regulator Watch

Just a few

Mr & Mrs Langton from BBC News
And exactly what is all this about? See Community Care article here

It seems a pair of mad twats, foster parents, ran off with a child. As there are very few 'bad' social workers there are equally small numbers of twat foster carers. However when they are bad they are very, very bad indeed, not unlike Elizabeth Calleja in her hovel in the former constituency of James Plaskitt (former) MP.

Readers will be familiar with Elizabeth who has been ARRESTED and placed on CONDITIONAL BAIL for suspected harassment - as yet not charged with that offence and thus innocent until proven guilty. However there were reasonable grounds for her arrest.

We await to see the outcome of further police enquiries.

Mrs C has conducted a campaign of harassment for eight years since 2002. She complains to anyone you care to mention.There is no sign of her declining in her 'mission' to clear her name whereas she just continues to dig deeper and deeper holes for herself, and sends herself into a spin in the process.

Let her get on with it, apart from her current rather frustrated solicitors Simons Muirehead Burton no one else gives a shit - not Ofsted, GSCC (or variants of),various police forces, the Information Commissioners Office, Parliament or even HM The Queen (she has probably corresponded there too given her record of complaining).

However, she has not yet, as far as we know, abducted any children.

Wilt

Bloody wonderful

Oh look, I have found my other reading material for the Egypt trip -  Tom Sharpe new book on Wilt




Bloody wonderful stuff and it was published on 2nd September too; like Regulator Watch was re-published on the same day!  Spooky but welcome coincidence and rather apposite we think.

Wilt :-)

Shoesmith

Courtesy of Community Care
Here is the story on Sharon from Comminity Care

We wish her luck.

Wilt

We are back

It would appear that we are back after legal thtreats to Webfusion caused them to panic. So we are now offshore in the US where bloggers are protected by freedom of speach legislation.

No doubt certain people will still try to pursue us but good luck to them.

Where next? Oh yes Wikileaks :-)

Wilt

Thursday 2 September 2010

Wednesday 1 September 2010

Sharon........

Latest news, Sharon Shoeamith is given leave to appeal – excellent. Just heard it on the radio 4 news this will be interesting.

Wilt

Bemused again........

I must say I am rather bemused by all this, and a little sad for Hague and Ffion – was there really a need for this?

See here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11156963

Even here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/sep/01/william-hague-denies-gay-rumours

And here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/william-hague/7975823/William-Hagues-special-advisor-resigns-over-untrue-allegations.html

Plus of course: http://order-order.com/2010/09/01/myers-quits/

All this is very silly and sad.

Who gives a shit if he is gay or not, which he probably is not – of course the real story is about appointments of advisers on the payroll who might have been appointed as a gay lover. Again, we suspect not.

Apparently, and Guido (http://order-order.com/) has been reporting it for days, there have been rumours circulating the internet that Hague and Myers have something unsavoury in their relations. Now this kind of scandal mongering is without any real merit and probably comes down to the likes of the News of the World or its readers, or possibly the Sun -otherwise the tabloid gutter press.

Now I know Wilt et al go on about Elizabeth Calleja, but at least their observations are based on recorded facts, evidenced documents (more yet to come) and opinions of reasonable thinking persons. This kind of smearing is however unforgivable.

How comes Myers resigns and Calleja remains a foster parent – I am fucking bemused and her solicitors will really need to explain this to Salty Dog.

Fucking incredible.

Wilt

Top Gear.......

You see, the Stig was not Wilt: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11151777

See also hear: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7975346/Top-Gear-court-case-The-Stig-revealed-as-racing-driver-Ben-Collins.html

What were the BBC doing with our  licence fee tax?

Wilt

Northern lights......

It is probably due to living closer to Brown that causes this fact: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11138535

Wilt must plan a lunch at the pub ..........

Wilt

Tony the man...........

Oh dear – Blair had a drink problem. We must introduce him to Salty Dog. Mind you, if Wilt had to put up with Brown in person it would have been more than a G&T or whisky and several glasses of wine per night. See here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11139978 further here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/tony-blair/7974867/Tony-Blair-Gordon-Brown-had-zero-emotional-intelligence.html and here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/aug/31/tony-blair-gordon-brown-disaster

It was enough having to put up with Brown and Ferkin Balls at a distance. Both Brown and fellow bully Balls could have driven anyone to drink, just by looking at their false smile and blinking eyes respectively. Later I am getting Blair’s book but keeping it under wraps until the holiday to Egypt – not so long now.

Wilt

Shed a tear........

Of course Wilt predicted the demise of the GSCC and wondered what on earth Penny Thompson was doing taking on the job. And whatever it is stated in this article: http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/09/01/115203/gscc-chief-aims-for-strong-legacy-after-reform-plan-dashed.htm it will not be two years but in fact 18 months when the GSCC disappear – i.e. end of March 2012.

Despite the opinions of some solicitors, Regulator Watch actually does fulfil a role in reporting, monitoring and acting as a pressure on the social care regulators. Obviously those letters to David Cameron had some effect.

Wilt, not being registered due to the stupid rules that permit someone to call themselves a social care consultant, has no personal interest in the outcome, but we know many registered social workers and victims of the GSCC who are still celebrating.

We are off to get Tony Blair’s book.

Wilt

Out with the old........

Is it really that difficult to decide on what could replace Cafcass? See article here: http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/09/01/115205/what-is-the-alternative-to-cafcass.htm

Simple, attach it to the local Courts or give the money to solicitors/advocates. Indeed the voluntary sector (i.e. the NSPCC – yes the NSPCC) have failed in delivering a service, as have some others in the private sector, mostly because they know shit all about the role of Guardians.

What does the NSPCC know about Guardian work – not a lot Wilt has heard.

It would be possible for the voluntary sector or independent sector to run it, although why bother? There are sufficient numbers of independent social workers to fulfil the role, provided it becomes accepted that in not all cases Guardians are actually required.

If it were the voluntary sector, perhaps it should be someone like Barnardoe’s – one of the organisations that remain to do some real social work and appear, to Wilt, to be grounded. We were amazed to hear the NSPCC and a certain private agency were supplying Guardians. Some people question what the NSPCC does at the best of times in terms of its core business (yes business), let alone expanding into Guardian work – for Gawd sake!

Wilt

On and off...........

No sooner than Wilt gets home and the not very nice people at Simons Muirehead and Burton are threatening Regulator Watch again, on behalf of Elizabeth Calleja.

Salty Dog, extremely well versed in law, having responded to the said solicitors, they remain dissatisfied and demanded, today, again, not via Salty Dog or Pixelmakers but via its hosts, to remove Regulator Watch from the face of the earth, or if not any reference to Elizabeth Calleja.

These bully boy tactics from the Soho gang at Frith Street however failed, initially.

So, what exactly is all this about, you might think – well let me tell you the story.

You see, there is this woman Elizabeth Calleja – she lives in Leamington Spa. She is a foster parent, under arrest and on conditional bail, for alleged stalking and harassment – yes I died say a foster parent. The kind that is meant to look after vulnerable children apparently full time.

Anyway, she and her former MP (James Plaskitt) have a problem. It’s called truth – or at least truth unless they approve of it.  Have you ever read 1984, the novel? Scary stuff, we think.

Elizabeth has pursued a complaint with any authorities/quango you care to mention for eight years – the original complaint may have some merit but eight years later and having been dismissed, officially and unofficially, by any agency or quango you care to mention, she has turned to using the press to pursue her complaints – however even they are seriously questioning the veracity of her arguments.

She has pursued relentlessly several parties since 2002 on a dead issue – an issue so dead as to have run out of date for cremation.

Yet Mrs Calleja carries on attempting, sometime successfully until people realise otherwise, to portray herself as a victim of maladministration, administrative victimisation/abuse, and innocence of the most (angelic) high nature. Regrettably, rather than simply portraying herself as a (could be) innocent foster carer (which actually involves a lot of work) she instead decides, even eight years later, to attempt to drag down others in her wake so as to make herself, somehow, look ‘good’ and pristine.

Goodness, no, Elizabeth is not an evil bastard, eight years later and with a vengeance so deep rooted as to know no bounds. No indeed! Perhaps someone else can explain it.

Anyway, a group of people, some much detested by Elizabeth as simple complaint fodder for her own ends, decide enough is enough and thus by almost by group osmosis create Regulator Watch – a light in the darkness. Here, truth (at least a better and more official version, sometimes very uncomfortable) and simple things like facts can be permitted to emerge. Gawd forbid, the press never permitted that in the case of Calleja, failing more often than not to consult with those Calleja gladly named and shamed.

Not, we emphasise, that Regulator Watch is specifically concerned with the woman – I think the solicitors will not challenge the fact that she is a woman? They do challenge anything that Regulator Watch might say about Calleja, and strangely, Plaskitt – very bizarre as he is not a litigant. Perhaps he is a silent litigant?

Therefore, Calleja attempts again to have anything which she does not agree with expunged from the record in 1984 fashion. In this case her solicitors simply want the whole of Regulator Watch taken offline, permanently.

They succeeded initially, then Regulator Watch was restored but they are now further threatening Webfusion (the hosts) and the designers of Regulator Watch – not that either have any responsibility.

Webusion have taken the sensible position (tot that Wilt agrees with them) of a company and decided again to take down Regulator Watch – Wilt et al have however decided to move to another host, and if necessary keep moving the Blog from host to host until Calleja gives up.

We will not be dictated to about facts and opinions on a broad range of issues, including Calleja. Pixelmakers have been excused, purely to protect their interests. However if you need a great designer, look no further, and Webfusion are excused too – they are however guilty of taking the line of least resistance in an increasingly litigious world.

Of course Calleja will never directly challenge Wilt – the threats of litigation are based on far too shaky grounds. She knows that evidence, and in particular a jury in either civil or legal proceedings, would laugh her out of Court – with considerable costs.

Besides, several police forces have told Calleja there is no case for complaint, as have from their respective positions (scope of responsibility) the Information Commissioner (ICO), GSCC (in respect of the alleged author – Wilt), Ofsted and the former relevant ministers in the various House of Commons debates. So where is the alleged guilt or the remit of any institution to impose the will of Mrs Calleja?

Nowhere to be seen, it appears. Fortunately neither Blair nor Brown were quite able to create the quango ‘The World According to Calleja’ or as otherwise known as ‘TWAC.’

It is unlikely to be created, we suspect.

In the last century we saw the likes of Stalin, Hitler (and cohorts) and some others who simply had a certain agenda and as part of their efforts to control the world insisted upon a certain perverse propaganda. Anyone who disagreed with the conventional thinking and view were simply disposed of either to Siberia or somewhere like Auschwitz - there was no freedom of speech or opinion that was allowed without approval. Is that what Calleja or her supporters want?

Her efforts in the new millennium to ‘cleanse the records’ and limit free speech and opinion has worrying reminisces to an earlier world order in certain parts of the planet.

It is a very slippery slope when you take that route, especially in Leamington Spa.

However much Wilt instructs solicitors and advocates and enjoys their company both professionally and privately, they are sometimes a despicable profession by promoting the defence of total twats or advocating actions which challenge common sense or established conventions. And why do they act as such – you ever met a poor solicitor or advocate?

Wilt is advised that there are some poor solicitors – so no offence to them. There are also some who work hard for little reward to promote the rights of those least able to defend themselves – excluded from that is Calleja. She is, she claims of course, to be a lawyer herself.

So, there are poor solicitors (a minority), some dedicated (irrespective of personal gain) and there are false lawyers. It just goes to show what a broad range of people attempt to exercise the law.

It’s an expensive business, although we recommend Salty Dog who has reasonable rates.

We will be online.........

Wilt et al