Doggy Doo Dah

My thanks to a loyal reader who pointed me in the direction of a "brilliant" wheeze dreamt up by Nanny's chums from Stafford Council, wrt reducing the amount of dog shit on the streets.

Stafford borough council will give anyone who provides details about dog fouling the full £75 from a resulting fixed penalty, or the same amount if the information leads to a successful prosecution and a larger fine.

I concur that dog shit is a curse of many a park and pavement. However, I wonder about the wisdom of financially incentivising people to report it. I am also unclear as to how the reports provided by dog shit vigilantes could be proven.

What are your views on this?


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Nanny Hates Baby Boomer Boozers

I see that Nanny is having another pop at booze again, this time focusing her ire on the "baby boom" generation of middle class drinkers.

Seemingly, according to the Health and Social Care Information Centre, in 2012/13, 202,000 men and 87,000 women were admitted to hospital for reasons that were “wholly” attributable to alcohol.

The steepest rise in hospital alcohol admissions came among men and women in their sixties, with a 178% rise in admissions of men aged 65 to 69, and a 177% increase in admissions for women aged 60 to 64.

Dr Nick Sheron, a liver specialist from the University of Southampton, is quoted by the Telegraph:

"It used to be that alcohol was sold largely in pubs and we thought wine was a filthy continental habit. 

Now we see people drinking far more wine and also spirits - there have been massive changes in women’s habits so that today we see white wine at the end of almost every supermarket aisle."

Julia Manning, chief executive of 2020Health think tank, said:

“Middle-aged, middle-class drinkers are drinking much more than they realise. They are drinking more frequently, they are drinking stronger alcohol and they are using it as a common antidote for stress. 

On top of this is the cumulative effect of drinking over the years. We have become ever more rebellious in recent decades and it makes me wonder whether there has been a significant culture shift away from taking responsibility and behaving like a grown-up.” 

Her point about taking responsibility for our lives is valid. However, people's lack of responsibility comes not so much from "rebelliousness" but from the cumulative effects of the Nanny state interfering in and micro managing people's lives.


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Electric Blankets for All

I see that Nanny has suggested that we should use electric blankets in order to reduce our heating bills, and lessen the chances of the elderly freezing to death during the winter.

May I suggest a more energy efficient alternative?

Good old fashioned bed warmers (heated by hot coals)!

Failing that, how about removing the green tax levy on energy bills; thus reducing people's heating bills at the stroke of Nanny's pen?

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Nanny Changes Her Mind on Fags

On the subject of fags, loyal readers will recall that Nanny shelved her plans for plain packaging in July.

Unsurprisingly, in the few months since then, it transpires that Nanny has changed her mind!

There will be another review, led by paediatrician Sir Cyril Chantler, due to conclude in March 2014. Pending the outcome, plain packaging will then be introduced.

As with all of Nanny's reviews etc, if at first she doesn't get the result she wants she keeps trying until she gets her way!


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Hospital Smoking Shelter Ban

I see that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) want smoking shelters (where patients and staff can have a fag break) at hospitals banned.

Those hospitals that do not ban them could face "disciplinary action".

NICE also want patients to stop smoking before any hospital admissions.

As if patients weren't stressed out enough already by being in hospital!

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Bin Brother - Bin Blight

Oh dear another directive from our EU overlords that I fear will not go down too well in this country.

Lord de Mauley, a minister in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, recently told local authorities that they would be required to follow new EU guidance which requires homes to separate waste more efficiently.

Currently councils allow (as per Lord de Mauley quoted in the Telegraph) "co-mingled collections of recyclates". However, the revised Waste Framework Directive, that comes into force on January 1 2015, will cause an increase in "bin blight"; as people will be forced to separate their waste even more "precisely" than they do now.

“Where waste paper, metal, plastic or glass has been collected separately all reasonable steps must be taken to keep that stream separate from other waste streams wherever this is necessary to provide high quality recyclates.

I look to local authorities actively to address these problems, by the effective implementation of the new regulations and by tackling problems with operating practices.”

How many more bins are we going to need?

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The Dangers of Vacuum Cleaners

I see that our EU overlords have legislated against "powerful" vacuum cleaners (those over 1,600 watts), which will be banned as from September 2014.

This will prove something of a problem for those who try to keep their homes free of dust, as the average wattage currently stands at 1,800.

However, the sucking situation will worsen, as by 2017 the maximum wattage allowed will be 900 watts.

There is a rather obvious flaw with the EU's master plan to save the planet. The lower the wattage, the longer the vacuum will have to be used for in order to fulfill its function!

Methinks banning the EU would be more effective, as it would massively reduce the emissions of harmful "hot air" gasses.

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Nuts Are Good For You!

Oh dear, given that seemingly an ever growing number of people are nut allergic (thus requiring Nanny's ever present "this product may contain nuts" warning), a recently published scientific paper in the New England Journal of Medicine may be somewhat confusing to Nanny.

People eating nuts once a week are 11% less likely to have died during the study than those who never ate nuts.

Up to four portions was linked to a 13% reduction in deaths and a daily handful of nuts cut the death rate during the study by 20%.

Lead researcher Dr Charles Fuchs, from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, is quoted by the BBC:

"The most obvious benefit was a reduction of 29% in deaths from heart disease, but we also saw a significant reduction - 11% - in the risk of dying from cancer." 

Please be advised that this article contains no nuts!

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