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August 3, 2010 at 09:43 · Filed under Comment, Politics
The Welsh Assembly Government have made plans to enact law from March 2011 whereby any outlet within the confines of the Welsh border that supplies plastic carrier bags to consumers charge a mandatory minimum of 7p per bag – instead of the usual practice of giving them away for free that has stood firmly for as long as I have been alive.
Some retailers already impose a charge, in the case of the small retailers to recoup the cost of purchasing them, but in the case of department store Marks & Spencer – for environmental reasons, where the money made from charging for these previously free commodities gets put back into the local community.
The CBI, whose very business it is to challenge new legislation on behalf of UK businesses, have been sounding their tannoy – as is to be expected. They warn that consumers could be “confused” and that the levy could cause tension at the checkouts, but what is a brief explanation that “bags now cost 7p” in comparison to the environmental devastation the millions of plastic bags that are put into landfill every year causes?
It is my view that people generally do keep as many plastic bags as they can, often using them as bin-liners, and incentive programmes set-up by large supermarkets like Tesco and Sainsburys – where if bags are brought back to the store to be re-used a reward in the form of extra reward points is given – are working, but the sheer numbers that are required to stem an ongoing environmental disaster are not yet being hit.
Making a law that enforces environmental awareness is a good step forward, a step that will force the everyman to change habits of a lifetime – habits that have seen big-business as the enablers for so many years, so why should they not be the ones to break the bad news?
Big-business started giving away free carrier bags, as much for advertising as for convenience, and the world has become hooked on them. Now we all need to be held accountable and change our ways.
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July 27, 2010 at 10:17 · Filed under Comment
This tidbit from Annie Hovey, regional officer for the National Association of Headteachers Wales must go down as quote of the week.
On the subject of 70 parents of children attending St Alban’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Tremorfa holding a meeting to discuss;
Why 3 teachers have been suspended with no reason given to them, nor any reasons being forthcoming;
Why the school that their children attend has a high teacher turnover rate and;
Pupils as old as 9 not having basic literacy.
“This is parents getting involved in an area they should not be involved in.”
Classic!
This clearly demonstrates the view that I have always perceived teachers, and headteachers in particular, to have; that they believe parents to be a pain in the neck that are solely there to prevent them from doing what they know to be best for their children – that they must be in the right because it is their profession and that the parents know nothing.
Parents in revolt against city primary
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November 19, 2008 at 21:19 · Filed under Comment
To: ukinfo@starbucks.com
Date: 19/11/2008 10:32
Subject: Eggnog
To whom it may concern,
Why why why are Starbucks not selling eggnog latte this year? It is as much a part of the festive season as Santa or Jesus for many people.
I received the email telling me that ‘The red cups are here’ but when I walked into my local store there was no sign of the familiar yellow cartons labelled ‘eggnog’. With the state of the world this year I thought that Starbucks could at least be trusted to bring some cheer to this festive season.
With disappointment,
Nathan Collins.
Reply from Starbucks received 20/11/2008:
Dear Mr Collins
Thank you for taking the time to contact Starbucks Coffee Company.
I am sorry to learn of your disappointment that eggnog is not currently part of our Christmas range this year. You will be delighted to know that eggnog will be available for a limited time in December in all stores. Egg nog will be in store on the first of December.
We look forward to welcoming you into a store soon.
Yours sincerely
Lindall Kidd
Customer Care Specialist
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August 2, 2008 at 17:59 · Filed under Comment
Evidently there isn’t too much going on in Cardiff and the surrounding areas at the moment judging by the choice of stories published today by the Trinity Mirror owned rag.
Pin-up Abi may be eyeing up a Welsh property
FORMER pin-up Abi Titmuss has revealed she may buy property in South Wales.
Speaking at a book signing in Cardiff last night, the 32-year-old former girlfriend of ex-This Morning presenter John Leslie, told of her love for the Welsh capital.
Her only previous visit to the capital was a celebrity appearance at a nightclub.
The ex-glamour model said: “It’s really nice to see it in the daytime and I’m going to have a look round the Bay later.
“I’ve got family in Bristol so you never know, one day maybe I would like to have a place here. It’s beautiful.�
- Pin-up Abi may be eyeing up a Welsh property (WalesOnline)
So, not only are we supposed to be excited because it’s some woman who is only famous because she released a sex tape of her and a boring morning television presenter, but also to believe that, in her own words “you never know, one day maybe I would like to have a place here”, her move is a certainty.
Hell, you never know, one day maybe I would like to own a Ferrari. I wonder if I sent them that quote they would publish an article about me?
I particularly like the line “Speaking at a book signing … (she) told of her love for the Welsh capital”, quickly followed by “Her only previous visit to the capital was … at a nightclub” and “It’s really nice to see it in the daytime”.
Wow, what undying devotion she must have to our little town, on her second visit.
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March 2, 2008 at 22:15 · Filed under Comment
“Camilla?”
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