Whilst I was away on holiday in Pembrokeshire, riots broke out in the cities of London, Birmingham and Manchester. The following comment was just posted to John Redwood’s blog:- We should look at this in context. All the riots except the first in Tottenham were copycat riots. People saw that with sufficient numbers of people, [...]
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The Summer Riots – causes and prevention
Posted by manicbeancounter on August 13, 2011
http://manicbeancounter.com/2011/08/13/the-summer-riots-%e2%80%93-causes-and-prevention/
AGW – The Limits of the Science
Just posted to Wattsupwiththat. To say that we cannot make any predictions from models is inaccurate. However, a combination of the scarcity / inaccuracy of data and the highly complex nature of climate systems severely limit what we can be extrapolated. We are restricted to the most basic of “pattern predictions”. With respect to future temperature changes [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on December 27, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/12/27/agw-the-limits-of-the-science/
Tackling Fuel Poverty OR Tackling Climate Change
John Leech, MP for Manchester Withington makes a valiant, but failed, attempt to reconcile tackling fuel poverty with combating climate change. The reason’s why such an attempt will always fail are as follows:- Reducing carbon emissions by 80% will mean moving into zero-carbon fuels. Nuclear power is the cheapest alternative, but still more expensive than fossil fuels, [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on July 15, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/07/15/tackling-fuel-poverty-or-tackling-climate-change/
Prejudiced economic analysis in South Manchester
Have responded to a letter in the South Manchester Reporter of 3rd June. GM’s letter of last week is prejudiced against a small minority and ignorant of economics. The need to cut is mostly due to the government running up a deficit during the boom years, and then going on a wild spending spree to try [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on June 7, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/06/07/prejudiced-economic-analysis-in-south-manchester/
Manchester Withington Polling Fiasco
Whilst the Chair of the electoral commission should carry the can for the travesty that occurred, there are also lessons to be learned. As a voter in Mancheter Withington, I believe the following should be looked into. Mcr Withington has always had the highest turnout of the 5 Manchester constituencies. Was this allowed for? Students tend to vote late – [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 13, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/05/13/manchester-withington-polling-fiasco/
Does Lucy Powell support the Robin Hood Tax or the European Union?
Lucy Powell, the Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Manchester, is proud to be associated with the the Robin Hood Tax Campaign. You will find Ms Powell proudly proclaiming this on her website, with pictures of her next to Glenys Kinnock and Arlene McCarthy MEP. Ms Powell also got a splash in the local South Manchester Reporter [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on April 12, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/04/12/does-lucy-powell-support-the-robin-hood-tax-or-the-european-union/
Is recycling rotting food hygenic?
My local council now says that I can put waste food in the green recycle bin. Oh lovely! Imagine the green bin after having the remains of a chicken carcass and all the juices after putrifying in the hot summer. Especially with some solidified milk on top. Remember the swill bin at school. Now imagine [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on October 28, 2009
http://manicbeancounter.com/2009/10/28/is-recycling-rotting-food-hygenic/
Manchester rejects Conjestion Charge
At 12am today we found out the results of the referendum on the £2.8bn package. With 53% of the electorate voting in the postal ballot, 78.8% voted against the proposal. This is the comment just posted on Iain Dale’s Diary, It is worth taking a look at what this means for government policy generally. [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on December 13, 2008
http://manicbeancounter.com/2008/12/13/manchester-rejects-conjestion-charge/
Manchester Confidential and the Conjestion Charge
Just posted the following Rant to Manchester Confidential, located here. ..“ On the Congestion Charge. It may have gone on too long, but the truth has yet to come out. Three brief points 1)The proposals assume accelerating economic growth for the region, with a lot of the new jobs concentrated in the City Centre. This [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on November 28, 2008
http://manicbeancounter.com/2008/11/28/manchester-confidential-and-the-conjestion-charge/
Analysis of Tif Manchester “facts” on wevoteyes website
The Wevoteyes website has a page “fact vs fiction”. It 8 facts listed, but no fictions. That is strange, but, in the interests of clarifying the debate, let us have a look some of the facts. If I get any of this wrong, please comment and I will clarify in the interests of obtaining an [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on November 9, 2008
http://manicbeancounter.com/2008/11/09/analysis-of-tif-manchester-%e2%80%9cfacts%e2%80%9d-on-wevoteyes-website/
