Waste of taxpayers' money

And then there are the bigots ful of hatred for anyone who is different to them.

Oh, don't take any notice of the actual article.

The London lot do go a bit extreme though. I always think, there's London and then there's the rest of the population.

Who are 'normal people'?

Was that "oh bums" deliberate Margaret?

Yeah. And they call themselves "Christian voice". I don't think so.

Says the Environment Agency contributed though. Can't quite see why tbh.

Goodness - never mind the rudeness of the photos, what about the final couple of paragraphs of the article, beginning 'Normal people will be shocked...'

Oh bums, no it wasn't! I think it was in Birmingham

is this the march you mean margaret?

(Don't look at the pictures - rude!)

I think there are too many departmental junkets going on all over the place especially in the political arena, from highest to Town Hall . Money ie. our money, should be spent on public good, not trips here there and everywhere or lavish parties.

By the Environment Agency jane? Or by another body more suited to the task? I would not have thought gay rights promotion was an environmental issue. I am not talking about discrimination in the workplace which is wrong and should be checked.

The EA is reportedly hiring expensive venues for entertaining not far from their HQ. I am asking if that is a necessary expense or a waste of public money.
They also reportedly gave £30, 000 of our money to help fund a Gay Pride march. Not part of their brief I would say - and if it is then it shouldn't be when they are making cjts elsewhere.

It's always the same, charley, those at the top give themselves bonuses whereas the people who do the real work get made redundant!

Are you referring to any lavish entertainment or promotional campaigns in particular, Margaret?
A lot of public health campaigns seem to me to be counter-productive, whereas it does concern me that gay people are still sometimes discriminated against, and so a campaign promoting the fact that they have just the same rights as everyone else would seem to be justified.

I have never understood why government/local authority income is not allocated proportionately to relevant expenditure - road tax going toward maintaining roads, income from selling off LA housing to building more and so on. For those things which have no relevant money-in side, general taxation could be allocated.

I am not sure where the money for lavish entertaining could come from - the tax on alcohol would be more than used up on treatment for the problems caused by the demon drink.

I believe that many senior personnel in the Environment Agency received bonuses recently. Further down the line redundancies were being worked out.