Cognitive Surplus in Wisbech?

In the Wisbech Discussion Forum there are currently views from those who see the town as a beautiful place that is friendly for families to visit and others who see it as unattractively litter strewn and populated by threatening and disgusting drunks. Who is right? Are they all correct, maybe seeing different parts of town at different times of day? 

The Parody Project

A little smile with a big message

The Parody Project

Slouching towards a grave systemic crisis?

From: Niall Ferguson

BHS Anniversary

One year ago today BHS closed it's stores.  Old news, who cares?
Those many employees who lost their jobs, lost their futures.
Sir Philip Green subsequently negotiated a deal and his life continues with very little change. He certainly won't be worrying about paying the mortgage. Capitalism served him well.

Greece and China - Mind the gap!

There is an interesting article in the New York Times discussing the use of Greece's political power by China. What was being explained did seem to have some parallels with our current spate of radicalised young people.

Does Wisbech worship Capitalism?

Oh dear, yesterday I offended someone in the Wisbech on-line discussion group. I'm not certain precisely what his swipe was provoked by but, although this man did not express any reason for the statement he made it was clearly aimed at me.

Wisbech Worries

Over recent weeks I have been watching and commenting on the Wisbech Discussion Forum, where the most positive and amusing contributions have been made by a chap living in Spain. Every day he lifts the spirits and puts out an anecdote from his life that is good to read.

Wisbech Crime Stats

A few days ago a detective, or at least a male voice claiming to be a detective phoned my home. He told me the Wisbech police were not going to take any action in regard to the intruder who stole my peace of mind, valuables and identity.

Wisbech Police and Stolen Property

I foolishly expected to receive some communication from the police. A copy of the statement taken from me at 1.50 am last Friday for instance?

Normal?

Yesterday I had an argument about the description 'normal person'. In my opinion there is no 'normal', only that with which we are most familiar, what makes us most comfortable.

HM Government Punishing Victims of Crime

Yesterday on BBC Radio 4 'You and Yours' I was hearing about the scammers making money from people needing passports. Scam websites that add 25 GBP to the fee when all the site does is redirect to the official site.

I'm Not Alone!

My thoughts on posting stolen good on social media were clearly not original.

Pension Ombudsman

I've no wish to embarrass the man I hope will closely examine the Barclays UK Pension Fund inadequacies for me, but in the interests of recording facts I feel I must place on record what I know. 

Victim Support?

In Wisbech there is no victim support.

Social Media and Crime Prevention

If the police are not interested in recording the unique identifiers on high value electronics, and not concerned with getting good descriptions of stolen items then maybe the public should step in.

Police Non-Action

I've written a little about how the police behaved when they attended, and the days that passed before a detective phoned to say the police intend doing nothing. 

DVLA

If you are the victim of crime in the UK you can anticipate a double whammy. As you reel from the shock and trauma of being robbed you will feel the full force of the UK government taking another swipe.

Identity Theft

It's hard to believe anyone would want to be me but this morning a report on BBC News adds another worry to my burden. Apparently identity theft is the increasing rapidly.

First impressions

As the Barclays complaint had failed to be resolved via the Barclays' Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure I was faced with a decision, give up and admit Barclays had beaten us or look elsewhere for an answer. A financial journalist, Mr S advised me to submit a formal complaint through the Pensions Ombudsman.

Shocking Events

Having written about my architect's inappropriate use of the word shock I'm now suffering from it!On Thursday I had another U3A lunch outing. This time at The Moorings, Outwell. It was a lovely relaxed event and I met two new and interesting people. Returned home feeling blessed for the life I have, for the security of friends and family, the excitement of my future plans and my imminent Greek idyll. My first holiday as a widow.

Mind your language

This morning there was a discussion about the use of language, leading from an article published this morning by Vince Cable. In Cable’s article he is drawing attention to the failure of debate in modern

society.