Google’s Europe Boss has unintentionally become a comedian as he told MPs on the public accounts committee this week that he doesn’t know his own salary. Coming from the boss of a search engine, the irony of his inability to answer this question was not missed by the humoured panel of MPs. At another hearing in 2012, he was accused of behaving in a “calculated and unethical” manner as well as being told by the chairman of the committee “I think that you do evil”. He really had hoped that it would go a bit better this time, and has been described as perplexed that the committee didn’t think that having a salary so big it is hard to count was an excuse.
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Rats sightings in Liverpool have increased by a third since 2014, say the city council. It is speculated that this is due to the increasing number of fat cats in the country, and many have become so fat they can longer be bothered to catch rats. Cameron assures us that this is not an allegory for his economic policy.
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As the race for Mayor of London drags on and nobody cares, Zac Goldsmith is rumoured to be attending lessons on logic after someone finally pointed out that his statement back in 2009, “I was born into a position of privilege and am therefore not corruptible”, does not agree with either common sense or history.
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It would be hard to ignore the news in the health sector this week. Especially if you are a Guardian reader. The health regulator for England has announced plans to use social media to spot failing hospitals. Sadly, the government have no intentions to do the same with cabinet ministers. Jeremy Hunt has reportedly said that his negotiation skills are “inspired by the success of Islamic State” and is in discussions with the group about a possible joint venture against the British Medical Association. There are a lot of conflicting statements, but I think that the issue can answered simply when you ask yourself, why is Hunt attempting to win the dispute? He values the NHS, wants to pay doctors more and has no ulterior motives, of course.
