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Proposals by the DCLG to cut socio-economic indicators

On the Department for Communities and Local Government website there is a consultation document outlining proposals to cease publication of a number of statistical data sets, they include:

* Housing and Planning Statistics and key facts
* Electronic Survey of Empty Homes
* Local Area Council Tax Dwellings
* Register of Licensed Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs).

* Commercial and industrial floor space and RV statistics

* Economic Deprivation Index

* Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI)

* Child Well-being Index

* Citizenship Survey (all parts)

There is also an implied threat to the next 'indices of deprivation'.

Isn't it funny that the majority of the data sets are in one way or another indicators of poverty and deprivation? Are the condems trying to do away with data and statistics that show the impact and outcomes of their policies in a bad light?

New financial threat on the horizon?

A business worth £735bn a year could be the next bubble waiting to burst according to an article in today's Guardian. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) allow investors to buy shares in a market without actually ever owning the product, pure speculation!
There will be some who argue that it creates wealth for the country, but were is this wealth and why isn't it being used to clear the deficit? This is nothing but naked greed and creates massive wealth for the individuals involved while at the same time playing roulette with food prices, our pensions and future livelihoods!

When is the Government going to rein these cowboys in? Stupid question they have too many vested interests!

Descriptive London street names

Bread Street
Fig Tree Court
Fish Street Hill
Haymarket
Gropecunt Lane!!!!

Gropecunt Lane ran south from Cheapside, with Popkirtle Lane (literally pop-girdle as in tear your clothes off) on one side and Bordhawe Lane (Bordhawe means brothel) on the other. The groping of cunts was apparently the lowest form of prostitution where aged hags would charge a pittance for a punter to put his hand up their skirts and grope them. The street is no longer there but it ran roughly north to south just to the east of present-day Queen Street between Cheapside and Queen Victoria Street.
No wonder the Victorians changed its name!

Thank god for Jesshops!!

Established in 1923 Jesshops Bakers have 3 shops in London, the one I frequent most is the one in trendy Exmouth Market. No paninis or Californian sourdough sandwiches that cost upwards of a fiver and no skinny lattes or expensive cups of orange pekoe, just crusty rolls, pasties and big mugs of tea at very low prices!
Yae cannae wack it!

Tricky word 'Librarian'!

Twice recently, for official reasons, I have been asked to give my occupation and on both occasions the person asking could not spell Librarian! thank god i'm not a Paediatric Physiotherapist!
I find this especially worrying as both were Police Officers!
If you look at the latest guidance on the eligibility to become a police constable, educational attainment and standards is not mentioned at all, in fact the Home Office Police Recruitment website states;
"there is no formal educational requirement, but you will have to pass written tests"
Now don't get me wrong I am not in any way suggesting that our 'majesty's finest' are educationally subnormal I am only expressing my concern about a possible drop in standards?