Early preparations for a successful Byte Shop meeting and then work on the Comart DHSS bid before home with a full briefcase for an evening’s work and play with Daniel as civil servants walk out in protest to GCHQ union ban and the prison service responds to criticism with resignations
Early to the office having left my papers out from yesterday. First to finish preparing my 3-year Byte Shop plan and slides for today’s meeting before dealing with the mail and setting up the room. A good but hard Byte Shop day with the reports equally weighted between detailing the record month of December and anticipating the forthcoming Planning and Budget cycle. Well pleased with the outcome. After an office full of colleagues deciding on the last adjustments to the Comart DHSS bid where we have learned that keen prices will be needed to secure the deal.
Then to order my papers before home early (7.30pm) with a briefcase full of reading material. Daniel is up and I share time on his Donky-Kong II hand-held game. A day of rain and milder weather and our snowman has reduced in size considerably. The ducks have settled back to producing only two eggs per day but I am convinced that more food will bring the rest back to lay. The Hennessey report was published today on the Maze Prison breakout and the governor is forced to resign because of incompetence and complacency. Hundreds of civil servants have walked out in support of colleagues threatened by the governments ban on unions at GCHQ. Also 14 cases of convicted prisoners are to be reviewed following the incompetence of a Home Office pathologist. Warmer weather is forecast and our snowman will soon perish. On time to bed tired after a heavy week’s exertions.