Lowest voted concerns ever

The Liberal Democrats propose a 'Patient Contract' which will "guarantee every citizen access to a high standard of core healthcare entitlements within maximum waiting times."

Patients would also be able to private treatment, funded by the NHS, if waiting times are not met.

http://www.libdems.org.uk/media/documents/policies/Pocket%20Guide%20to%20Policy%20(A4).pdf

(PDF, 130kb, page 10)

Or, that's what it seems like these days. Bad spelling is everywhere and most of it on professional websites promoting things!!!

Common examples are 'stationary' (not moving) where it should be 'stationery' (office paper etc), 'seperate' where it should be 'separate', the list is endless.

And don't get me started on the misuse, nay, abuse of the apostrophe!

What is most worrying is that it is apparent in normal business life, from reports, to shop signage, to advertising. This means no-one seems to care.

I'd like to state I am not a teacher, over 40, or one of those people who delights in spotting mistakes in films, just a regular Joe who had a decent English teacher.

Have other concerned citizens seen recent continuous examples they can list here?

Legislative measures are proposed by Labour to allow the Bank of England, Treasury and Financial Services Authority to intervene earlier than at present to prevent a repeat of the Northern Rock collapse.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7400594.stm

Proposals for a £200m fund for buying new homes and renting them to housing association tenants, as part of Labour's draft legislative programme.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7400515.stm

Is banning children from creating Father's Day cards 'sensitive' or simply crazy?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2176315/Father%27s-Day-cards-banned-in-Scot tish-schools.html

Labour propose to use patient experiences to gauge hospitals' performance, which will affect the amount of money received from the government.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7400454.stm

According to the BBC Trust, the Beeb's governing body, the BBC's stars are not paid more than the market rate.

The Trust's chairman Sir Michael Lyons said "[t]he BBC doesn't pay more than others and indeed there has been a firmer grip on talent costs in recent years... [t]his is not a green light for the BBC to pay whatever it wants."

Reportedly, BBC employee Jonathan Ross is currently under a 3-year contract for £6m per year. Other BBC employees with leaked salaries include Chris Moyles, paid £630,000 per year, Sir Terry Wogan, paid £800,000 per year and Jeremy Paxman, paid £940,000 per year.

From the BBC: "MPs could seek to avoid future expenses criticism by awarding themselves an automatic lump sum of £23,000 a year for second homes, a newspaper says."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7420848.stm