A council has sent staff equipped with ladders on spying missions to check whether householders are using more than one wheelie bin for their non-recyclable rubbish.
Senior staff at Blackburn with Darwen Council which is a Conservative/ Liberal Democrat coalition run council, have now apologized for the “spying” missions. However, they insist that their policy of allowing only one rubbish bin per household is necessary.
Alan Cottam, executive member for regeneration and environment, said: “The council does remove unauthorised bins where they are found and have recently been carrying out checks to see how many are in the borough.
The officials have been spotted scaling ladders all over Blackburn, Lancs, so they can peer over walls and fences into back yards.
If they see an “unauthorized” second bin, they retrieve it and take it back to a council depot.
more on this in the Telegraph.
Totally unbelievable. Perhaps you would like to let the council leaders know your thoughts.
Councillor Colin Rigby Conservative Leader and Leader of the Council or
Councillor David Foster Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council
Libertarian Rating
The content in the article above has been rated FFF using the Libertarian Party policy test rating as follows:
Libertarian Test – Failed
Stalin Test – Failed
Rule of law – Failed
This
indicates that it is detrimental to the citizens of Blackburn and would be
considered bad practice. Such practices by a Local Authority would therefore be ruled unacceptable by a
Libertarian Government.
Baroness Warnock: Dementia sufferers may have a 'duty to die' – Telegraph
Lady Warnock, a former headmistress who went on to become
Britain's leading moral philosopher, insisted there was “nothing wrong”
with people being helped to die for the sake of their loved ones or
society.
The 84-year-old added that she hoped people will soon be
“licensed to put others down” if they are unable to look after
themselves.
No one has a problem with those facing dementia reaching for the
club Webley, no one objects to soup dribblers in hospital being eased
on their way for their own relief. But there is a line there and the
stupid old bat has crossed it, when we license people to kill the old
and feeble for the good of society we are a sick and evil people.
Hattip An Englishman's Castle
Definitely a Soylent Green solution. So wrong, so very very wrong. I personally find Lady Warnock's suggestions repulsive and disgusting.
Never heard of Soylent Green? then watch the movie here. Made in 1973 and directed by Richard Fleischer. With Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors. In an overpopulated futuristic Earth 2022. Its a warning as to what will happen when Green policy combined with Corporatist greed gets control.
Baroness Warnock: Dementia sufferers may have a 'duty to die' – Telegraph
Lady Warnock, a former headmistress who went on to become
Britain's leading moral philosopher, insisted there was “nothing wrong”
with people being helped to die for the sake of their loved ones or
society.
The 84-year-old added that she hoped people will soon be
“licensed to put others down” if they are unable to look after
themselves.
No one has a problem with those facing dementia reaching for the
club Webley, no one objects to soup dribblers in hospital being eased
on their way for their own relief. But there is a line there and the
stupid old bat has crossed it, when we license people to kill the old
and feeble for the good of society we are a sick and evil people.
Hattip An Englishman's Castle
Definitely a Soylent Green solution. So wrong, so very very wrong. I personally find Lady Warnock's suggestions repulsive and disgusting.
Never heard of Soylent Green? then watch the movie here. Made in 1973 and directed by Richard Fleischer. With Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors. In an overpopulated futuristic Earth 2022. Its a warning as to what will happen when Green policy combined with Corporatist greed gets control.
