tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post6983813763359888404..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Advertising a Cleaner KentIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-58344656479441875742008-03-24T21:13:00.000+00:002008-03-24T21:13:00.000+00:00If we didn't tell you the streets were cleaner the...If we didn't tell you the streets were cleaner then how would you know ?<BR/><BR/>They are now cleaner than a year ago.<BR/><BR/>Oceania has had a recent, decisive victory over Eurasia.<BR/><BR/>The streets ARE cleaner than yesterday.<BR/><BR/>Eurasia has had a recent, decisive victory over Oceania.<BR/><BR/>The streets have never been unclean.<BR/><BR/>Doubleplus ungood.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48646350035590838472008-03-22T18:04:00.000+00:002008-03-22T18:04:00.000+00:00Same with the adverts on TV praising the Armed For...Same with the adverts on TV praising the Armed Forces. I'd rather they spent the money on supplies for them than just thanking them. RidiculousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10985834553021189712008-03-21T10:53:00.000+00:002008-03-21T10:53:00.000+00:00"Tachybaptus", reminds me of a story in the autobi..."Tachybaptus", reminds me of a story in the autobiography of the late Jack deManio (BBC announcer/newsreader, famed for his spoonerisms) about reading a news story concerning the Chief Constable of Kent... he got as far as "the Chief Kenstable of" before realising what he was about to say and hitting the "cough button". :-)Pogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812765444160924585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56281938620177398302008-03-20T23:05:00.000+00:002008-03-20T23:05:00.000+00:00In the absense of public bodies and Government tha...In the absense of public bodies and Government that actually do things to make the country a better place to live, we have public bodies and Goverment spending money telling us what they would like us to believe they are doing to make the country a better place to live.<BR/><BR/>Maybe we should take out adverts saying "SO WHAT - THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE PAID TO DO"<BR/><BR/>Public bodies now have 'marketng budgets'. Why? it is not as if the local council is on competition with another local council! <BR/><BR/>So much money is wasted on stupidity like this.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514885826616402615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22855678377980806752008-03-20T22:05:00.000+00:002008-03-20T22:05:00.000+00:00Hard to read this with a straight face if you know...Hard to read this with a straight face if you know that 'kent' is one of the many spellings that Chaucer used for a fine organ that we aren't allowed to name here.<BR/><BR/>Not a coincidence: the county of Kent takes its name from Cenua, the ancient British goddess of childbirth.<BR/><BR/>So, the cleaner the better.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40934925259342740312008-03-20T20:48:00.000+00:002008-03-20T20:48:00.000+00:00Down here in Dover I've been walking past one of t...Down here in Dover I've been walking past one of these every day. Thought it was something to do with the lifeboat & made a mental note to put a quid in their box. Being on the ferry last week made me glad they're around.<BR/>Road sweepers? Really? Yawn<BR/><BR/>Which shows how effective that campaign is...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90721495095440849072008-03-20T20:40:00.000+00:002008-03-20T20:40:00.000+00:00'Hello, is that the Acme Advertising Agency?''Yes....'Hello, is that the Acme Advertising Agency?'<BR/><BR/>'Yes.'<BR/><BR/>'Kent County Council here. Look, we're coming up to the end of our financial year and we have underspent our public relations budget by #500,000. Got any ideas how we can spend that sort of money before 31st March?'<BR/><BR/>'Oh, yes.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81848186720462292952008-03-20T19:48:00.000+00:002008-03-20T19:48:00.000+00:00This just represents the same sort of nauseous suc...This just represents the same sort of nauseous sucking up to ordinary people that Tony Blair displayed when he announced a few years ago that the most difficult job in the world (more difficult than his own, he implied) was being a mother.<BR/><BR/>These posters won't result in less litter being dropped. The yobs who drop litter will merely be reminded that the state provides people to clear up after them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16948656245537058082008-03-20T18:59:00.000+00:002008-03-20T18:59:00.000+00:00i received this week a council tax bill for the ye...i received this week a council tax bill for the year - up 4.5 per cent.<BR/><BR/>and during the same week , and big A4 sized glossy council magazine, telling me how wonderful they are. since it was probably mailed to every council tax payer, i dare not even think of the costs.John Trenchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212068575561254839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36868868700905991252008-03-20T18:47:00.000+00:002008-03-20T18:47:00.000+00:00"Same with the money spent by Kent police to mails..."Same with the money spent by Kent police to mailshot every addres to provide details of their local neighborhood (sic) policing team i.e. the PC and PCSO"<BR/><BR/>I received that same mailshot from Kent police 3 times!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-55944396605617275192008-03-20T18:44:00.000+00:002008-03-20T18:44:00.000+00:00This is the New Politics. What happens is that al...This is the New Politics. What happens is that all the cash which is earmarked for 'improvements' to services goes on telling people about the changes (or wheezes, scams etc, if you will). Of course once people get around to <I>doing</I> what they say they will do - all the cash is gone. Then there's the cap in hand routine and the usual complaints that central or local government is starving whichever service of cash etc etc.<BR/><BR/>Thus when we see these advertisements plastered all over the hoardings we can be certain that the service is in terminal decline.Unsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6573708412617832412008-03-20T17:57:00.000+00:002008-03-20T17:57:00.000+00:00All councils are at it with self promotion, They s...All councils are at it with self promotion, They should be spending less not promoting themselves. we are sent a magazine in Breckland a complete waste of time and money.Johnny Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900659617233793880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41950664673973401892008-03-20T16:48:00.000+00:002008-03-20T16:48:00.000+00:00Kent CC really loves itself - the Chief Exec in pa...Kent CC really loves itself - the Chief Exec in particular is the biggest bighead in England, and spends an awful lot of his time on self-aggrandisement at council taxpayers' expense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-43808068780550362702008-03-20T16:25:00.000+00:002008-03-20T16:25:00.000+00:00Iain, advertising works. Good advertising works be...Iain, advertising works. Good advertising works better.<BR/><BR/>These posters totally humanise and personalise the old Keep Britain Tidy posters. They seem as if they'd be rather effective and guilt-inducing on a certain percentage of the litter dropping population.<BR/><BR/>If it reduces the cost of clearing litter by more than the amount it takes to advertise them (remember local government can often get reduced rates, and for a county-wide scheme, another reduction in the rate card) then isn't it worthwhile?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51039191387580118542008-03-20T16:11:00.000+00:002008-03-20T16:11:00.000+00:00I would have expected a county council like Kent's...I would have expected a county council like Kent's to employ more than two cleaners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41684182586373618762008-03-20T16:00:00.000+00:002008-03-20T16:00:00.000+00:00the only sensible reason I can think might be behi...the only sensible reason I can think might be behind this campaign is that if you personalise and humanise the people who clear the mess we leave behind away we might be less likely to leave a mess. <BR/><BR/>If it's some facelessm, nameless cleaner trudging the streets who cares if you drop a crisp packet. However if you know bill and frank clean your high street might you think about them before droping that litter?<BR/><BR/>not a great defence but the best I can think ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19380736528920699932008-03-20T15:49:00.000+00:002008-03-20T15:49:00.000+00:00One might also ask which organisation it is that h...One might also ask which organisation it is that has imposed swingeing charges on landfill rubbish disposal and thus encouraged the use of flytipping.<BR/><BR/>My, that'll be the EU then.<BR/><BR/>So, the EU puts big charges on landfill disposal, which leads to councils being unable to afford to collect the bins once a week and encourages flytipping, and then they fund a campaign to discourage the flytipping.<BR/><BR/>So, can we leave yet?<BR/><BR/>DKDevil's Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832949569501846730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-91214141068333814962008-03-20T15:32:00.000+00:002008-03-20T15:32:00.000+00:00There are posters all over the London Underground ...There are posters all over the London Underground advertising days out by train to go shopping in places like Tunbridge Wells and Canterbury. In the small print, they say these are funded (or part-funded) by the EU. What is that all about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-26786723834861887942008-03-20T15:04:00.000+00:002008-03-20T15:04:00.000+00:00FFS. Another case of Tory councillors failing to a...FFS. Another case of Tory councillors failing to act like conservatives. Quit wasting my council tax money on self-promotion and cut my bloody council tax bill. Grrr.Donal Blaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04239819808783416904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47522478779575023172008-03-20T14:57:00.000+00:002008-03-20T14:57:00.000+00:00frank o'file:Good one!De Gaulle may have been a se...frank o'file:<BR/>Good one!<BR/>De Gaulle may have been a seditious twit (Quebec speech) but we should have listened to his 'NON'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-28972382023173151342008-03-20T13:44:00.000+00:002008-03-20T13:44:00.000+00:00"I am quite well aware which political party contr..."I am quite well aware which political party controls most of the councils in Kent."<BR/><BR/>Are you also aware of which party cheerfully took the UK into the EEC and which party then took it merrily into the EU?<BR/><BR/>(Clue - it's the party that has never held a referendum on anything to do with Europe but which finds it convenient to keep up a pretence of euroscepticism when in opposition).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39888818400295675122008-03-20T13:35:00.000+00:002008-03-20T13:35:00.000+00:00Same with the money spent by Kent police to mailsh...Same with the money spent by Kent police to mailshot every addres to provide details of their local neighborhood (sic) policing team i.e. the PC and PCSO. Many were already out of date by the time they were delivered. pointless - but another example of the busy doing nothing activities or initiatives beloved by the soviet style bodies that run these services.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com