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The Joy of Caffeine

As loyal readers know, Nanny has numerous bees in numerous bonnets about food, drink and drugs.

She likes nothing more than to try to ban us from imbibing something that she defines as "dangerous". The reality being that, much like religious zealots, Nanny hates things that give people pleasure.

Like it or not human beings are genetically programmed to seek out things that give pleasure.

Why?

At a guess I would say that it is in order to maintain our sanity, and to divert us from realising that 70 years or so of living on a rotating sphere in an ever expanding universe that is 13 billion years old is all that there is.

Anyhoo, that aside, I see that Nanny recently got over excited about another dangerous drug; this one being caffeine.

Step forward Dr Jack James editor in chief of the Journal of Caffeine Research (there's a magazine devoted to caffeine? Good grief don't these people have lives?), who says says that the stimulant is causing ‘untimely deaths’ and that its 'lethality' is being underestimated.

Well I dare say that, like any other drug/food, if you overdose on it you will damage/kill yourself.

However, sensible people who have half a brain in their heads tend not to overdose on caffeine and manage to live their lives into a "happy/healthy" old age, where their only fear is being taken into care by Nanny.

Anyhoo, Dr James believes the risks caffeine poses to our health are so great that products that contain it should be taxed and restricted like cigarettes and alcohol. Sales to children in particular should be restricted.

Yawn.

The fact that it is found in all sorts of things, even cold remedies, is of particularly concern to him.

Well personally speaking I rarely drink coffee (only the occasional Irish coffee), therefore my caffeine intake is restricted to the coke that I mix with my vodka and the occasional cold remedy that I take.

That being said, I fail to see why yet another substance that the vast majority of people use without any ill effects should be treated as an illicit and dangerous threat to our well being.

Rather amusingly he also notes that caffeine is used as a cutting agent in illegal drugs.

Errmmm...so he wants to tax the legal drug in the illegal drug?

How's that going to work then??

Oh, and of particular amusement is the "research" that shows that caffeine increases the risk of having unprotected sex!

It's extremely simple, eat, drink, smoke, snort whatever you want; but in moderation. Those who overdo things will, by definition, cause harm to themselves; but sensible people know that already!


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Nanny Bans Ungoogleable

As loyal readers know, Nanny is fond of banning certain words and phrases lest they cause offence (eg because in her view they are non pc).

However, sometimes Nanny is not always looking at a word or phrase from the "pc" perspective, but sometimes Nanny looks at it from the "corporate perspective".

Step forward Google (the epitome of free speech) which had a bone to pick with the good people from the Language Council of Sweden

Every year the Language Council publishes its top 10 new words that have entered the Swedish language, with the objective of showing how language and culture develops and changes (the reverse of what the French language police do;)).

Anyhoo last December one of the words that appeared in the list was "ungoogleable" (ogooglebar in Swedish), defined by the Council as "something that cannot be found with any search engine".

Sadly for the Swedes Google was not best pleased, it raised an objection.

For why?

Trademark issues.

Google wanted the meaning to relate only to Google searches. It called for changes to the Language Council of Sweden's definition and asked for a 'disclaimer' stressing that Google is a trademark.

All very well, but the word is used by Swedes to mean something that cannot be found with ANY search engine; ie in order to comply with Google's diktat the Swedes would have had to alter the meaning (much like the language censors in Orwell's 1984 did).

Therefore, in order to avoid a lengthy legal battle and in order to maintain their integrity the Swedes removed it from the list, but did so publicly.

A statement on the Language Council of Sweden's website, as per the BBC:

"Who decides language? We do, language users. We decide together which words should be and how they are defined, used and spelled."

In response, a Google spokesperson told the BBC:

"While Google, like many businesses, takes routine steps to protect our trademark, we are pleased that users connect the Google name with great search results." 

Wasn't it Google that also once said "don't be evil"?

Plus ca change!

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The Danger of Cows

A rather sad tale in the Telegraph about police shooting an escaped cow which, seemingly, posed a threat.

Oddly enough, the police marksman missed on his first attempt.

Poor cow!

"The Belgian blue female was killed after police chased the animal for two hours across Grantham, Lincolnshire.

Police said the cow had become aggressive, charging at several members of the public and a police officer, before jumping the fence into the car park of Belton Lane Community Primary School.

A first shot fired from the top of a large white van parked near to the children’s school missed.

The van was driven around the corner to get firearms officers closer and the second shot fired killed the cow.

Police said children and staff were evacuated and moved to a safer area in the school while the operation was taking place.

One mother said: "The cow had been on the loose for more than two hours and had charged at several members of the public, including me as I innocently walked down Harrowby Lane to collect my kids from school.

"Thank god I didn't have my kids with me at the time, I dread to think what could have happened."
Helen Green, a local resident who saw the chase, said: “We saw three police cars chasing it down the road, which must have scared it away and it just got lost. [Police] must have thought ‘oh, it’s an animal in a place where it shouldn`t be so of course we`ll kill it.”

One local farmer said: "You don't shoot a cow. It's a living animal. Just because you can't catch it doesn't mean you have to shoot it, should have given me a call and I bet I could have caught it."
A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said the cow was followed around residential streets after it escaped on Monday afternoon, before becoming increasingly distressed and aggressive. It then jumped fences and charged at members of the public and police officer.

Police officers consulted the RSPCA and the owner of the animal in an effort to resolve the situation peacefully.

Superintendent Phil Vickers said: “It is regrettable and sad that the incident ended with the escaped cow being dispatched by an armed police officer with a rifle.

"We tried everything we could to capture the animal but it became increasingly distressed, aggressive and unpredictable. The cow was shot in the grounds of Belton Lane Community Primary School when the pupils and most of the staff had left the area.

"I would like to thank the local community for their cooperation and understanding during the course of the incident. The safety of the public was paramount in our thinking throughout the event.”

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Nanny Bans Triangular Flapjacks

I am hugely gemused to see that Nanny's chums from Castle View School on Canvey Island have got their collective knickers into a twist over triangular flapjacks.

For why?

It seems that the little "scamps" who attend the school have been lobbing them around, and a pupil was slightly injured.

What is Nanny's solution?

Cut the triangles into squares or rectangles!

One small problem, does not a square/rectangle also have sharp corners?

However, kudos to Nanny's Health and Safety Executive for rushing to defend flapjacks:

"We often come across half-baked decisions taken in the name of health and safety, but this one takes the biscuit. The real issue isn't what shape the flapjacks are, but the fact that pupils are throwing them at each other - and that's a matter of discipline, and has got nothing to do with health and safety as we know it. We're happy to make clear that flapjacks of all shapes and sizes continue to have our full backing."

Whilst we are on the subject, I have never eaten a flapjack in my life; and I don't think I ever will! I have, however, eaten pancakes.

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Nanny's Shit Database

I am highly gemused to see that Nanny intends to expand her ever growing network of databases.

This time she intends to create one containing dog shit.

Yes, you did read that correctly!

Nanny's chums from the Isle of Wight Council want to create a database containing the DNA taken from dog shit.

For why?

Seemingly this will be used to prosecute dog owners who allow their mutts to befoul (there's a good word!) the pavements.

David Pugh, leader of the Isle of Wight Council, as per the Telegraph told a council meeting:

"We could test samples against the database and trace it to the dog's owner. I imagine we would see an immediate cessation to the problem. 

It's something we would have to pilot, and I'm not wishing to make policy on the hoof."

Seemingly the shit can be matched to individual dogs using samples of fur or saliva taken from animals.

Owners must give consent for the DNA sample to be taken from their pet, but it can them remain on the database for the rest of their life.

Well, given that permission is required first, I don't see this as getting anywhere.

I would also ask that, given that we are facing years of austerity and cuts, where exactly is the money coming from to fund this?

Barking mad!

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Nanny Loves Fatty Ice Creams

Nanny never fails to surprise me with her bizarrely absurd rulings.

Step forward Tim Coffey (who runs Real Italian Ice Cream Co in Bath) who also was "surprised" by a recent Nanny ruling.

Mr Coffey uses traditional Italian methods to create ice creams with a higher milk to cream ratio than British and American processes.

Can you guess what the problem is children?

Yes, that's right, Nanny has decreed that he must either re brand his "ice creams" or increase their fat content.

Yes, that's right, Nanny (she who hates all forms of fat) wants to increase the fat content of Mr Coffey's products!

It seems that Nanny's trading standards inspectors found that the offending "ice creams" fell below the minimum 5% threshold required to call them ice cream.

By how much did the product fall below the 5% threshold?

A "staggering" 0.2%!

This sudden fastidiousness by Nanny is a tad odd, given that Mr Coffey has been running the shop since 2005.

It is now decision time for Mr Coffey, he either renames the product Gelato or increase the fat content.

A spokesman for Bath and North East Somerset Council is quoted by the Telegraph:

"Mr Coffey was advised that gelato made in the traditional manner does not have the required fat content to meet the compositional standard for ice cream. 

The council, in its drive to promote healthier lifestyles, is supportive of local businesses such as the Real Italian Ice Cream Company, offering Italian-style gelatos which contain less fat than traditional ice cream."

Let's take a vote ladies and gentlemen, Gelato or fatty ice cream?

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By Gum

I am genused to see that Nanny's chums in Milton Keynes Coucnil have become so enraged with the blight of disgarded chewing gum on the streets of MK that they intend to ban it and fine people £80 for depositing it on the streets akin to the rules in Singapore (although there you can be flogged as well for leaving it on the pavements).

All well and dandy, except that if you read what is being considered it appears to be a tad more heavy handed than simply fining people for littering the streets with gum.

After8, part of Milton Keynes city centre management, is considering banning it and using "gum police" to enforce the ban. As per the Huffington Post:

"This would be bigger because it will be introduced across the whole of Central Milton Keynes over a one to two mile radius. We are still looking into how we would enforce it but we are getting lots of positive feedback on social media. Whether it means there will be gum police, or a different employee taken on to enforce the gum ban, we are looking into it."

A "slight" overreaction wouldn't you say, given that there are already anti littering laws in place?

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Nanny Bans, Then Unbans Apostrophes

I am gemused to read about the recent antics of Nanny's chums from Mid-Devon District Council, who have been getting their collective knickers in a twist over the English language and "how she is spoke".

Seemingly the learned members of Mid-Devon District Council were of the view that apostrophes are just too confusing for the "intellect" of 21st Century minds, and as such banned them from street names.

Needless to say this dumbing down, and bastardisation of grammatical rules, attracted widespread criticism and derision.

Can you guess what happened next children?

Yes, that's (ooh, did you see how cunningly I inserted an apostrophe there?) right, Nanny unbanned the ban.

Apostrophes are now legal once more in Mid Devon.

Hoozah!

What utter knobheads!

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Nanny Bans Wasps and Trees

I am, I must admit, no fan of wasps; personally speaking I would exterminate all wasps on sight.

Anyhoo, that minor genocidal tendency apart, I was somewhat ungemused to see that Nanny's chums from Islington Council decreed that a 25 year old 30ft pear tree (valued at £10K) had to be cut down.

For why?

On the the grounds of health and safety.

What health and safety issue was that then?

One resident complained that it attracted insects!

Councillor Richard Greening defended the treeocide, as per the Telegraph:

"The residents live there and if they say they have seen wasps there is no reason to doubt them.

The risk is so high for people with allergies that on this occasion it was worth going against tree officers."

On that basis all shrubs, flowers and trees must be exterminated by Islington Council, if its residents are to lead risk free lives.

Councils are the enemies of the people, trees and wasps!

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Euro Nanny Has Abolished Private Property

As the Cyprus clusterfuck gather pace (keep up to speed on it by checking out my Loans and Finance site) it seems that in a twinkling of an eye Euro Nanny has abolished private property.

As per Zero Hedge:

"Deposit Insurance at a bank, any bank in Europe, is now meaningless. A bond indenture, any clause, any paragraph, any promise or assurance; now meaningless. The notion of private property, land, cash, house; now meaningless. The European Union will take what they want as they deem it necessary and the IMF will follow along. The question has been asked, during the last few days, why the bond holders of Cyprus were not tagged along with the bank deposits. I can answer the question. Virtually all of the Cyprus sovereign debt is governed under British law and so the EU did not pursue this course.

I recall the movie, Casablanca, where the Germans stood up to sing their National Anthem and the French responded with the "Marseilles." It is too bad that the French have forgotten how to sing this song but then, apparently, all of the nations in the EU have forgotten how to sing their own songs.

Greece came first. Lesson one and "shame on you." Cyprus comes second and now "shame on me." What will come next? What will you tell your partners or your shareholders when they say, "You should have known." You will have no excuse! The Europeans will take what they want and when they want it and to have money invested there now only has one excuse; masochism. Neither you nor I have any idea of what they might do next. When a government changes an indenture retroactively as a condition of funding and then demands that private property be seized as a condition of funding then this government, the European Union, will stop at nothing, find no boundary or fence, to halt its ambitions.

When Lesson three comes, and it will, I will not be kind. I will say; "I told you so!""

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Cyprus Clusterfuck

Those of you who want to see just how badly the Eurozone can screw things up, should pop over to my site Loans and Finance to watch the Cyprus/Euro meltdown as it happens.


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Monday Chuckle - The Joy of Speed Guns

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Euro Theft

I suggest that everyone reads this article about today's Cyprus bailout deal, it is nothing more than state sponsored theft and will have ramifications for everyone in the Eurozone or with money deposited in the Eurozone.

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Booze Matters - Minimum Pricing For Westminster

It occurs to me that there is one place where it may be wise for Nanny Cameron to introduce minimum prices on alcohol.

Where would that be?

In the bars of Westminster of course!

For why?

It seems that our elected "members" (use that word in whatever sense you wish) cannot hold their taxpayer subsidised booze.

Step forward Eric Joyce!

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Euro Nanny's State Sex Censors

Now here's a "plan" by Euro Nanny that is guaranteed to be but the tip of a very large censorship iceberg.

Last week our "respected" elected representatives in the European Parliament put forward a resolution "on eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU".

The resolution "calls on the EU and its member states to take concrete action on discrimination against women in advertising... [with] a ban on all forms of pornography in the media".

Kartika Liotard, a Dutch MEP, is seeking "statutory measures to prevent any form of pornography in the media and in advertising and for a ban on advertising for pornographic products and sex tourism", including measures in the "digital field".

The MEPs also want to establish state sex censors with "a mandate to impose effective sanctions on companies and individuals promoting the sexualisation of girls".

Dare I make a couple of observations here?

1 One person's "porn" is another's "art/freedom of expression". Who exactly will decide what constitutes "porn"?

2 Why the emphasis only on women? Are men not also "sexualised" within porn?

Many people in Europe have emailed their MEPs complaining about this flagrant attempt to infringe people's freedoms. However, can you guess what Euro Nanny has done?

Yes, that's right, Euro Nanny has blocked these emails and designated them as "spam".

As you can see this is but the tip of a very ugly iceberg, and Euro Nanny's reaction to the emails of complaint shows exactly what she thinks of the opinions of her "voters".

It is clear that the European Parliament is nothing akin to a democratic body, but is in fact a collection of petty minded dictators looking to crush us under their collective jackboots.

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Pope Watch

Pope Watch, live coverage of the Conclave vote for a new Pope.

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A Remarkably Stupid Idea - Drinks All Round!

I am hugely gemused to see that Nanny's absurd plans for minimum booze prices have fallen apart.

Cameron's daft idea (he seems to make plans on the hoof without ever thinking them through) has been kicked into touch by the Treasury.

For why?

It would reduce tax receipts.

As per a source in the Treasury:

"A remarkably stupid idea”. 

Aside from the Treasury's views wrt tax revenues, I have written many times before about why this idea is bollocks; here, for example, is what I wrote in November 2012:

"As I have noted many times before, this will not work:

1 People will brew their own illegal hooch.

2 Hardened drinkers will continue to buy booze.

3 It will encourage more binge drinking on cheaper shite.

4 It is the thin end of the wedge, as Nanny will continue to increase the minimum price.

5 It will be used as an excuse to set minimum prices for other "vices" that Nanny disapproves of.

6 It will be used by the single issue obsessives as an excuse to launch a moral crusade against alcohol and to try to ban it altogether.

Meanwhile Nanny continues to enjoy taxpayer subsidised booze in Westminster!

This is simply a method used by Nanny to raise revenue to pay for her perks, privileges and lifestyle.

This is not Conservatism with a small "c", this is state dictatorship infringing on our rights to live our lives as we wish to.

Cameron is not a Conservative, he is a state interventionist."

Meanwhile there has been no official announcement yet from Nanny about the fact that the plan has been abandoned.

Drinks all round!


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Fontastic News For Huhne

On the subject of speeding, if only Huhne had been aware of this gemusing debacle by Nanny he might have not had to lie his arse off.

My funny bone was severely tickled by the announcement by the Crown Prosecution Service that speed signs on sections of the M42 had been breaking Nanny's rules about speed signs for the last six years.

It seems that the font was wrong and that the signs (erected - can I say "erected" before the watershed? - by Nanny's Highways Agency) showed mph numbers taller and narrower than they should have been, failing to comply with Nanny's own traffic regulations.

Needless to say lawyers now want any penalties which were handed out over the course of the six years the signs were in place to be quashed, arguing they are not legally enforceable.

Police have stopped using the signs as a means of enforcement and dropped prosecutions it was intending to pursue on the stretches of road affected. However, before they stopped prosecuting speeders (or rather "alleged" speeders) at least 11,000 motorists had already received fines and convictions since the first of the signs went into operation in 2006. 

 

Funnily enough Nanny's Highways Agency said it was first made aware of concerns about three years ago but believed they did conform to the regulations; ie Nanny ignored the fact that she was breaking Nanny's own rules!

 

Why would that be?

 

Ker Farking Ching!

 

Anyhoo, if anyone is reading this in Huhne's cell block please pass him a copy of this article.

 

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Chris Huhne Gets 8 Months

Enough time to write a book!

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Mummy Knows Best - Heart Disease Not A Modern Phenomenon

My thanks to a loyal reader who pointed this out on the BBC:

"A study in The Lancet of 137 mummies up to 4,000 years old found a third had signs of atherosclerosis.

Most people associate the disease, which leads to heart attacks and strokes, with modern lifestyle factors such as smoking and obesity.

But the findings may suggest a more basic human pre-disposition."

Mummy 1 - Nanny 0

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The Joy of Salt

Ugh I see that our old "friends" from Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH), the self appointed moral guardians (doubtless earning a nice living from it) of our salt intakes, have decided to generate some PR for themselves today.

Quite why a body of people should make it their business to monitor how much salt we ingest is beyond me, why do they think they have a right to lecture us?

Anyhoo, if CASH's "research" of nearly 700 "popular meals" served in celebrity chef and High Street restaurants is to be believed 50% were high in salt.

CASH also claim that the 13 saltiest main meals contained more than the maximum recommended daily intake of 6g of salt.

A selection of main meals from six celebrity chef restaurants were analysed for their salt content including Brasserie Blanc (Raymond Blanc), Dinner (Heston Blumenthal), Frankies (Marco Pierre White), Jamie's Italian (Jamie Oliver), Fifteen (Jamie Oliver) and Savoy Grill (Gordon Ramsay).

From the celebrity chef restaurants tested, on average Jamie's Italian had the highest level of salt in their three dishes, while Heston's Dinner was shown to have the lowest values of salt, all below 1.5g of salt per dish.

Celebrity chef restaurants and High Street chain restaurants both came out higher for salt content than cafes and fast food chains, partly due to the larger portion sizes.

Five of the top saltiest main meals (salt per portion, 6g is the maximum recommended intake per day) as per the BBC:

1. JD Wetherspoon's (10oz gammon with eggs, chips, peas, tomato & flat mushroom) = 8.9g
2. Jamie's Italian (game meatballs) = 8.1g
3. Carluccio's (spaghetti alle vongole in bianco) = 8.0g
4. Gordon Ramsay's The Savoy Grill's (steamed mussels cider cream sauce and fries) = 7.3g
5. Wagamama's Yaki Udon = 7.0g

Yawn!

So farking what!

Most normal people do not eat game meatballs everyday of the week, and even if they did if they drank plenty of water and sweated it out the "higher" salt content is irrelevant.

This is a complete and utter waste of time, as a well balanced diet supplemented with exercise and a decent water intake will ensure that any "excess" salt will be excreted by the body.

Needles to say the media headlines from this "research" will ensure that CASH receives some nice fat donations!

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The Joy of Sausages

I am gemused to see that Nanny is getting her knickers in a twist again over the "dangers" posed to our health of processed meats such as bangers.

According to "research" carried out in 10 EU countries, and published in BMC Medicine, sausages, ham, bacon and other processed meats "appear" to increase the risk of dying young.

Nanny is worried about the chemicals and salt added to processed meats (not though worried about the horsemeat injected with equine drugs fraudulently added to the food chain!).

Bizarrely, instead of focusing on the chemical issues, the British Heart Foundation has suggested opting for leaner cuts of meat.

What the fark has that got to do with the chemicals on processed meats?

Anyhoo, the "research" is of course bollocks, because those who died within the survey were also more likely to smoke, be obese and have other behaviours known to damage health; ie to blame their deaths on processed meat is utter nonsense!

Eat what you like, just make sure you don't eat to excess and that you vary your diet.

Problem solved!

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Alarming!

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Prats of The Week - Durham County Council

Gosh, it's Thursday already and I have yet to make my internationally renowned Prats of The Week Award.

This week it goes to Durham County Council for its bizarre practice of paying a £12K clothing allowance a year in total to its chairwoman and vice chairwoman.

Despite this not being the norm for other councils, and despite being roundly criticised for its profligacy, Durham refuses to axe the allowance.

However, so as to make ends meet, the council is cutting its budget by £200M over the next 5 years and axing 1,600 jobs.

Nice to see that it has got its priorities right!

I dare say it will cover the costs by increasing council tax.

Durham County council, well deserving Prats of The Week!

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Netmums' Everlasting Childhood

I see that Netmums website users are complaining that children are under pressure to grow up too fast. They cite the fact that girls are made to worry about their appearance, and that boys are pushed into "macho" behaviour at too young an age.

The website's co-founder Siobhan Freegard is quoted by the BBC:

"The pace of modern life is so fast that it is even snatching away the precious years of childhood.

Children no longer want to be seen as children, even when as parents we know they still are.

There needs to be a radical rethink in society to revalue childhood and protect it as a precious time - not time to put pressure on children to grow up far too fast." 

In one respect Netmums have a point, there is undue pressure on kids wrt their appearance (both in terms of what they wear and their physique). However, that applies to society as a whole, not just kids.

Thanks to the impact of mass media we, as a society, have become obsessed with our appearance and the antics of vacuous airheaded z list celebrities who have done nothing worthwhile or tangible other than becoming famous for being famous and have thus become role models for adults and kids to naively follow.

However, regarding growing up too fast, loyal readers are only too aware that there are many "adults" who thanks to the cotton wool treatment in Nanny's schools and by over protective parents are still mentally and emotionally stuck in childhood; they are selfish, greedy, lazy and irresponsible.

Pre Nanny state, children were forced to become responsible at a very early age (or starve) by having to go out an work or join the forces (my own grandfather ran away to join the Royal Navy when he was but a child).

Whilst clearly it is not acceptable to return to the days when children were forced to work, in order to avoid starving, it is clearly also unacceptable to trap them forever in a cosseted existence that shields them from the realities of life and that prevents them from growing into mature, level headed and responsible adults.

You do the kids, nor society, any favours by wrapping kids in cotton wool!

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Your Tax Pounds At Work - Merton Council

Well done Merton council for shedding light, or rather being the unwitting case study, on what people really do all day in council offices.

LondonlovesBusiness.com has published the result of a Freedom of Information Request that shows the top 500 most accessed websites by Merton Council.

Included within the list of sites are:

- SugarDaddie.com
- PinkSofa.com
- MatchAffinity.com
- Match.com

SugarDaddie.com, which seeks to pair up women with wealthier men, was the 139^th most accessed website. Match.com came in 91^st and MatchAffinity.com came 213rd. Lesbian dating website PinkSofa.com ranked 207^th.

Rather more mundanely, Amazon came in 5th.

However, I will not don my angry trousers and hold Merton council up for special castigation; as I have absolutely no doubt that Merton is not unique and that were this request to be made to very other council in the UK, the results would be pretty similar.

Now we know what the people who are paid by our tax Pounds are actually doing with their time!

Here is the full list of sites visited.

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Nanny Bans Unkempt

My sympathies to Tim Loughton, Tory MP and ex-Children’s Minister, who found himself on the wrong end of the Nanny state last August when he had to endure a 90 minute interview under caution by detectives from Sussex police.

For why?

He used the word "unkempt" in an email sent to Kieran Francis rejecting his complaints about a local council.

For good measure the police also interviewed the MP’s staff and went through his correspondence, the Crown Prosecution Service finally decided last month that the case should be dropped without any charges being brought.

Mr Loughton is quite rightly less than gemused about all of this, and is quoted by the Telegraph:

“I am very angry that time and money has been wasted in pursuing what was clearly a vexatious and malicious complaint that had no substance. It has been very worrying for me and my family.

This has knocked my confidence in the police and made me wonder whether there are certain elements for whom political correctness has become too much of a driving force.

Because of the merest hint of something to do with racism and the sensitivities about travellers, the police go into overdrive.”

Sussex Police said in a statement:

“An allegation of malicious communication was reported to Sussex Police, and was fully investigated in the same way it would be for any member of the public.”

When MPs from the ruling party lose faith in the police that are meant to serve and protect the people, then you know we have got real problems!

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Nanny's Secret Suitcase Searches

It seems that in her "enthusiasm" to find contraband booze and fags, Nanny is happily indulging in secret searches of our bags and suitcases at airports.

According to a report issued by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, John Vine, Nanny's customs staff routinely search travellers and holidaymakers bags without the owners being present.

The report notes that:

"There were no assurances that this power was being used in a lawful, proportionate and controlled manner.

There had been an absence of any assurance being undertaken to ensure that the correct procedures were being followed to protect Human Rights obligations during these searches."

"Ironically" covert searches of luggage are prohibited under the current Border Force Enforcement Handbook guidance.

Well then!

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