A Voice From Probation

A VOICE FROM PROBATION

Welcome to my first blog, my name is David Hurst and I'm an ex-prisoner assisted by the Probation Service many years ago in Cardigan House Probation Hostel, now proudly working in South Yorkshire Probation Trust for the last 14 years, married to a retired Probation Officer for over 25 years, and I'm interested in improving and continuing my work, and in opposing the privatisation of public services

Even though I'm attempting my first blog, I'm not very articulate, and I have recently been assessed as being dyslexic, but hey ho away I go, because it hurts me that my probation colleagues are being battered by this Government's attack on an excellent public service, and I am, what I am, a voice from Probation. 

I read that CUMBRIA Probation Trust has been rated ‘exceptional’ by the performance unit at the National Offender Management Service. It follows the latest end of quarter assessment of a range of targets, which are compared with each probation trust across the country. Cumbria was rated four star in public protection and reducing re-offending and three star for sentence delivery. 

 But Cumbria is not different to the rest of the Trusts, but still the MoJ are bent on rashly ramming through Transforming Rehabilitation and impacting on Probation Worker's 

I also read that Atos, G4S paid no corporation tax last year despite carrying out £2billion of taxpayer-funded... http://t.co/gbw2xzqgzO Why are the Government allowing this to continue, and concentrating on pushing austerity measures on the Poor? In my opinion this Govt has keeled over to a business-run society, where business are constantly fighting to improve their power & diminish workers.


My Tweets @Fellrun 

• After tidying up after the storm I realise that the storm and Chris Graylings MoJ reforms have a lot in common - Chaos! General Election pls

• Chris Grayling reforms not intelligently crafted say IQ guru Boris Johnson http://t.co/2M7vGhHdSr

• Boris Johnson criticises Chris Graying's reforms http://t.co/4Rm1923FQT via @MailOnline

• My OAP is due rise by a few £ a wk - MP's salary increase is over £150 per wk! - that's more than my wkly pension! http://t.co/fEhSXVFUGH

• An 11% pay rise for MP's! The Westminster gravy train seems to be a bottomless pit of tax payers money. http://t.co/jhEU6Gx1aQ

• This Govt has keeled over to a business-run society, where business are constantly fighting to improve their power & diminish workers.

•  There is always a Joker in the Pack, and this one will not be getting my vote. http://t.co/3SQSNCxCRR

• @JoMeadCX best wishes to you for the future. Thank you for your input into Probation, and Probation’s output in general.

• Why is the Govt out of touch with the British workers, and so keen on privatisation, corporations, power and wealth? http://t.co/iVe0kJL3t3

• Boris Johnson says Greed is good & elite need to be supported. What do you say? #Probation AGAINST #privatisation http://t.co/jiLzfu1fwE”

• Do u support profits before people, welfare for rich, unaccountable private power, theft from workers, greed is good? Then dont support this govt

Some of My FavouriteTweets

Mr Cameron you said that we are all in this together. Why aren't we all getting an 11% pay rise? 
https://twitter.com/mrs_kms/status/409697023706021888

"Hard work is not working" says Joseph Rowntree Foundation  https://twitter.com/CEOLewis/status/409595511432552448

@D_Blanchflower says  - If Britain’s economic plan is “working” why are British people worse off than were when the Coalition took office?  http://t.co/UYS7EVVkho