health and ecology
The sour joke that is Disability Living Allowance
I’ve had a letter rejecting me for all components of Disability Living Allowance. I now have to go back to see the nice chap at the Citizens Advice Bureau, and lodge an appeal. Again, the premise outlined in the letter seems to be that you only get it if you have no arms, no legs, cannot feed yourself, clothe yourself, or anything else. Not having a head is also helpful. People in comas on life support can’t apply, so I guess this approach saves a lot of money that can be better spent on blowing up Iraqi civilians.
tags: benefits, disability, Disability Living Allowance, entitlements, rightsBattlelines drawn in conflict over eco-town proposals
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) says new towns are the ‘least sustainable way’ of developing housing and other plans should be examined.
Concerns being raised include the risk that the schemes degenerate into car-dependent housing estates along with most being predominantly planned for greenfield sites, with two in the Green Belt. The majority of the proposed eco-town locations go against local plans agreed with communities, and the sites have been chosen by developers rather than fitting in with planning in the wider public interest.
tags: eco-towns, environment, public consultations, sustainability“We don’t give a shit about chickens,” say Tesco shareholders, “now give us all your money!”
It shouldn’t really come as a surprise that Tesco shareholders yesterday chose to reject Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s call for the company to adopt new and compassionate standards for rearing birds. They ignored the moral and ethical arguments in favour of what they presumably thought was the best way to keep the money rolling in. The fact that less than 10 per cent of the shareholders voted in favour of change simply goes to show that they’re a callous bunch of bastards who care about very little other than money. And let’s face it—Tesco does make them an awful lot of money, at least for the time being. But times change, and anyone with a conscience should now boycott the store chain and shop elsewhere.
tags: animal cruelty, broiler hens, chickens, corporate greed, diet, excuses, fat, food, obesity, shareholders, supermarkets, Tesco
