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Archive for October 26th, 2006

Regional Ambassadors

Posted by wonkotsane on October 26, 2006

The West Midlands has ambassadors.  No, this isn’t a joke – the unelected regional quango, Advantage West Midlands, appoints a group of ambassadors to promote the West Midlands euroregion.

There seem to be an awful lot of people “representing” us at a regional level but none of us have ever asked them to.

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Nice work if you can get it

Posted by wonkotsane on October 26, 2006

West Midlands in Europe – “representing the heart of England at the heart of Europe” – is advertising two new taxpayer funded posts.

They require a European Policy Manager and European Policy Assistant with salaries of £50k and £28k respectively.

What do West Midlands in Europe do?  They represent the region in Europe.  How do they do this?  That’s a secret.  How much money do they cost and what have they spent it one?  That’s a secret too.  Who elected them to represent the West Midlands in Europe?  That one’s not a secret, the answer is nobody.

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