Its getting Cold- Extra Care needed...

I put stuff in a local newsletter I edit, and the theme is continuing in many places.

I've just seen the info I include here and its BASICALLY unchanged, but I've highlighted some really central stuff...

As temperatures in places around the Country are forecast to dip below freezing tonight and across the week,the Department of Health is warning for us to remember the needs of friends, elderly relatives and neighbours who could be at risk.

Official figures from the Office of National Statistics today demonstrate the deadly impact that cold weather can have, especially on older people during winter. They show that, last year, there were an estimated 25,400 excess deaths mostly linked to circulatory and respiratory diseases.

Following a few basic principles,they say,can make a big difference to the safety and wellbeing of those at risk.

• Measures include checking on them to make sure they are safe and well,
• making sure they’re warm enough, especially at night; 
• and stocking up on food and medicines.

Information to help vulnerable people keep warm and keep well, will be made available to GP surgeries and local organisations.

The Department of Health has also made leaflets and posters giving advice on how to keep warm and well available for download for NHS and local organisations.

Virtual Gherkin says: So everyone, make sure people are OK!

Digital Government of The Poor?

Virtual Gherkin: Comment.
Government states Computerisation dreams:
Is there a need for this? There are huge tranches of non-IT people.
They forget that there simply isn't the money in the lower class ( that is NOW being made a sub class by the Spending Review proposals).
Although they state no one will be left out in this Digital Provision of Services, there will be an "unintended" forgotten tranche of society - and its LOTS of people.


Humbly I suggest Those with IT access WILL be treated differently and have quicker faster access to services. Those without probably will disappear, and WONT necessarily know what's available to them.
I'm talking of deprived areas - the National Office of Statistics KNOWS where they are. Mainly in social housing areas.
Anyway before I distort the impact of the Governments wonderfully crafted Smoke and Mirrors , I post below the latest from them. Make your own minds up.
BLINKERED. Thats all I can really say right now on this. They are BLINKERED.

THE CABINET OFFICE IN THEIR WISDOM STATES:

Public services should be delivered online or by other digital means, the Government has announced in response to a report published by Martha Lane Fox today. The report, and the Government’s initial response, argues for a Channel Shift that will increasingly see public services provided digitally ‘by default’

Martha Lane Fox, the UK Digital Champion, has published a report that calls for radical improvement to Government internet services [PDF 5.71MB, 11 pages] to provide higher quality and more convenient 24/7 services to users. In her report to the Minister of the Cabinet Office she argues that as well as delivering better services for citizens, shifting 30% of government service delivery contracts to digital channels has the potential to deliver gross annual savings of more than £1.3 billion, rising to £2.2 billion if 50% of contacts shifted to digital.

The recommendations in her report, which have been welcomed by Francis Maude, argue for the simplification and strengthening of digital government to improve the quality, and consequently use, of online channels. She proposes:

• Making Directgov the ‘customer champion with teeth’ to drive up the quality of government's online services.
• Simplifying the user experience of digital public services by making all of government’s transactional services available through Directgov.
• Ensuring online government information and services are available wherever people are on the web by opening up applications and services to other organisations
• Recruiting an Executive Director for Digital and Information in the Cabinet Office to drive change and bring together existing teams working in this area
• Asking  Directgov and Business Link to create a plan of what would be involved to converge the sites into a single domain

Martha Lane Fox, UK Digital Champion, said:

“For years, businesses have been using digital communications to improve services and engagement with their consumers. Government should take advantage of the more open, agile and cheaper digital technologies to deliver simpler and more effective digital services to users, particularly to disadvantaged groups who are some of the heaviest users of government services.

“Through Race Online 2012, we now have more than 800 partners promising to help nearly 1.8 million new people enjoy the benefits of more convenient internet services by the end of the Olympic year.

“My report outlines specific measures to improve the amount and quality of transactional services the Government provides. But this is just the beginning: the Government must look at more dramatic measures – such as syndicating and opening up information and services to other organisations – to be able to offer genuine improvements to consumers, taxpayers, business and citizens in the UK.”

Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, has today responded to the report [PDF 265KB, 2 page]:

“We will use digital technology to drive better services and lower costs. At present we inherited contracts that effectively limit the number of people who can use some online services. And for most benefits it is simply not possible to apply online. This is inconvenient, expensive, wasteful and ridiculous and it can not continue.

“The shift towards online services also has the power to transform the relationship between Government and individuals. As Martha Lane Fox’s insightful report shows quality online services can be the default solution for people needing Government services. Not only are services more convenient and cheaper, but they can be better and more personalised.

“This does not mean we will abandon groups that are less likely to access the internet: we recognise that we cannot leave anyone behind. Every single Government service must be available to everyone – no matter if they are online or not.” 

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The last 41 words are a CAVEAT.
As I say.....The Smoke and Mirrors are WONDERFULLY CRAFTED.

Public Service Announcement: UK NEW POSTAL SCAM --- eeeek

Please see below message regarding a current scam.

Trading Standards in the UK are making people aware of the following scam:

A card is posted through your door from a company called 

PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a Premium rate number).

DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize .

If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £315 for the phone call.

If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 

020 7239 6655.

Speculation over Housing Tenancy Changes...

Being a Tenant of a Social Landlord, this is of significant interest on how the Landlords and Community structures will work upon proposals implementation.
I noticed ONE glaring Guardian statement that was made yesterday, that wasn't included in the governments statements. Read on...

The Guardian Said Yesterday:

Councils are to be given powers to evict or transfer new tenants after as little as two years if their financial circumstances improve, under plans to be unveiled tomorrow.

The proposals would also allow councils greater freedoms to give social housing to people with a strong local connection to the area where they live. In some cases councils are also likely to give preference to the poor in work, as opposed to the unemployed.

The plans are being billed as a way of putting immigrants to the back of waiting lists, although they will still be given a right to accommodation if homeless. Labour claims it had already introduced the local connection rule.

The chief reform, which will end lifetime security in council housing, is likely to be divisive within the coalition.

David Cameron had said in the summer he wanted to end life tenancies for council homes to make way for contracts of five or 10 years for new tenants.

But the period floated by Cameron is now going to be cut back to just two years, so tenants whose financial circumstances have improved could be evicted with six months notice to leave.

At present, people given council homes are awarded an indefinite "secure tenancy" after a 12-month trial.

The danger with the policy is that it will work as a disincentive for a tenant to find well-paid work, since they will lose tenancy.

But Grant Shapps, the housing minster, argues that council homes are an under-used asset, being taken up often by those not in need.

Shelter said tonight the two-year tenancy showed naivity about how quickly people can get back on their feet, and claimed it was the latest in a long line of housing reforms that are beginning to feel like deliberate attacks on council tenants.

The shakeup represents the biggest set of changes to council homes for 30 years, and apparently flies in the face of protests from Simon Hughes, the Liberal Democrat deputy leader.

He told a meeting of the Defend Council Housing at Westminster last month: "The last thing we want is more insecurity. You can't say it builds up community cohesion to threaten the last bit of security in tenants' lives. People and communities need that security."

But the reforms are strongly supported by the Lib Dem minister in the department of communities, Andrew Stunnell. He argues there are 5 million people on council house waiting lists, and current policies have not worked.

Shapps will also end the right of a council house tenant to 

hand the property over to a member of their family when they 

die.

According to figures obtained from the department of communities under the Freedom of Information Act, it is estimated that in 2007-08 there was a cumulative total of around 90,000 successor tenants still living in the accommodation after the death of the original tenant. Of these 90,000, 40,000 took over the tenancy after 1997.

Shapps also plans to give councils powers to reject applications from anyone also applying for a home from another council to stop multiple applications.

In other reforms, councils and housing associations will also be able to charge rent of up to 80% of the market rate so that they can raise money to buy new properties.

The changes that apply to England are planned to come into force next year, but would only have a gradual impact since they apply only to new tenancies.

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Which is all well and good if you believe that this wont harm 

communities. 

The official Press Release TODAY from Grant Schapps says 

the following:

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New council and social housing tenants in England will not necessarily keep their homes for life, housing minister Grant Shapps has said.

He said normal tenancy agreements would be for five, 10, 20 years or even a lifetime, but local organisations should have the freedom to see what worked in their areas.

He is expected to outline the details of his proposals to MPs.

Mr Shapps stressed that his proposals would not affect existing tenants. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We need to start to resolve some of the problems, build more homes and actually help people.

"What we are creating is a new form of tenancy and affordable rent which is going to be significantly more protected than the private rented sector. There's no reason why a home in future should always be the home for life. You don't get that in the private sector."

He went on: "The norm is very likely to be quite a significant-length tenancy, five, 10, 20 years or a lifetime." The most vulnerable will be protected under the reforms, he said.

Mr Shapps spoke of the need for reform of the system to help an estimated five million people on the waiting list for social housing.

"The need for reform is just overwhelming, there has been a sort of... a lazy consensus in this country which has led to fewer affordable homes being created," he told BBC Breakfast.

"A system where the waiting lists have just doubled over the last 13 years and people are just sitting back and saying 'well, let's have more of the same'. If we do, we will have waiting lists double again."

Prime Minister David Cameron has already said he wants an end to council tenancies for life and the introduction of fixed-term contracts of "five or 10 years".

Copyright © 2010 The Press Association. All rights reserved.

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And in the Guardian's expose, it stated people could be outed after as little as two years, but the Press Release says nothing of this.

So when reading the Papers, or watching the news, be careful not to embrace speculation.

Personally I think the changes are a bit draconian, and parts are incredibly alarming, but between the media hype and sensationalism, and the actual statements being made, there's a fuzzy middle ground. 

Be careful of deceptions, omissions, additions and all the other "ions" there can be in this. Seek the FACTS.

AND REMEMBER THIS DOESNT AFFECT 

EXISTING TENANTS- yet. 

A Deathly Musing...

I FOUND THIS.
I SHARE IT.




100 Words


A hundred words to talk of death?
At once too much and not enough.
My plans beyond that final breath
are currently a little rough.

The dying thing comes on so slow:
reluctance to get out of bed
is magnified each day and so 
transmuted into dead.

I dream of dying all alone,
nobody there to watch me pass
nothing remains for me to own,
no breath remains to fog the glass.

And when I do put down my pen
my memories will fly like birds.
When I am done, when I am dead,
and finished with my hundred words.


By Neil Gaiman  (Who has a website and stuff: http://neverwear.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=31 )


How very poignant is the above.
I thank you.
Jules

How Long To Prosecute in The UK for Safety Errors?

The Public often criticise lack of prosecution, and the time it takes. Here's an example of a relatively simple case: 

The Health and Safety Executive Released this information on 19th November 2010

I thought that the poor driver should have the right to be read about in many places, and for people to remember what may look silly, can be potentially serious. And how long things get to be solved or resolved sometimes...

I have nothing to do with the HSE, and post this as a point of interest:

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INCIDENT IN APRIL 2008 - PRESS RELEASE NOVEMBER 2010

SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS has been fined £20,000 after a car flipped on its side when it hit a metal plate during road works.

The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted them following the incident on the Isle of Wight.

During road works on Foreland Road, Bembridge on 2 April 2008, workers lifted a large metal road plate using an excavator ready to be moved later.

A car hit the plate flipping on its side, leaving the driver with severe bruising. The driver had to be cut from the car by the fire service following the incident and the car was written off.

The company pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 37(3) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 at a previous hearing.

An investigation by HSE found that the 2.5 metre-long plate, used to cover trenches in the road, had been raised six to eight inches from the ground, to make it easier to be collected later.

The investigation found that the road plate was protruding around two feet beyond a line of parked cars into oncoming traffic when the car hit it.

HSE Inspector Jane Beckmann said:"The driver suffered severe bruising and longer lasting ill health effects as a result of this incident which could easily have been avoided.

"Southern Gas Networks had a duty to adequately protect road users when it moved the metal plate, and it failed to plan the work effectively. This meant that motorists were put in danger.

"All companies must remember that they have a responsibility to protect not only their own staff, but also members of the public when they carry out work."

Southern Gas Networks plc was also ordered to pay costs of £13,523.

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But Should it take that long? Should it happen in the first place?

I thought I would share something that I am a little bit interested in. After all , safety is all of our concerns? 

"Homophobic Charter" By The United Nations...

Directly Taken from Press Release

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and ARC International are deeply disappointed with the (16th November 2010) vote in the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly to remove a reference to sexual orientation from a resolution on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. The resolution urges States to protect the right to life of all people, including by calling on states to investigate killings based on discriminatory grounds. For the past 10 years, the resolution has included sexual orientation in the list of discriminatory grounds on which killings are often based.

The removed reference was originally contained in a non-exhaustive list in the resolution highlighting the many groups of people that are particularly targeted by killings - including persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, persons acting as human rights defenders (such as lawyers, journalists or demonstrators) as well as street children and members of indigenous communities. Mentioning sexual orientation as a basis on which people are targeted for killing highlights a situation in which particular vigilance is required in order for all people to be afforded equal protection.

The amendment removing the reference to sexual orientation was sponsored by Benin on behalf of the African Group in the UN General Assembly and was adopted with 79 votes in favor, 70 against, 17 abstentions and 26 absent.

“This vote is a dangerous and disturbing development,” said Cary Alan Johnson, Executive Director of IGLHRC. “It essentially removes the important recognition of the particular vulnerability faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people - a recognition that is crucial at a time when 76 countries around the world criminalize homosexuality, five consider it a capital crime, and countries like Uganda are considering adding the death penalty to their laws criminalizing homosexuality.”

This decision in the General Assembly flies in the face of the overwhelming evidence that people are routinely killed around the world because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, and renders these killings invisible or unimportant. The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions has highlighted documented cases of extrajudicial killings on the grounds of sexual orientation including individuals facing the death penalty for consensual same-sex conduct; individuals tortured to death by State actors because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation; paramilitary groups killing individuals because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation as part of “social cleansing” campaigns; individuals murdered by police officers with impunity because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation; and States failing to investigate hate crimes and killings of persons because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation.

"It is a matter of great shame that the responsible Committee of the United Nations General Assembly failed in its responsibility to explicitly condemn well-documented killings based on sexual orientation," said John Fisher, Co-Director of ARC international. "The credibility of the United Nations requires protection of all persons from violations of their fundamental human rights, including on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. We thank those States which supported the inclusion of sexual orientation in the text, and will redouble our collective efforts to ensure that Member States of the United Nations maintain the standards they have sworn to uphold."

The amendment runs counter to other positive developments in UN and regional human rights systems where there is increased recognition of the need for protection from discrimination regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. At a September 2010 panel held in conjunction with a session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon unequivocally recognized “the particular vulnerability of individuals who face criminal sanctions, including imprisonment and in some cases the death penalty, on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.”

Sixty-eight countries have also signed a joint statement in the UN General Assembly on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity which calls for an end to “human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity … in particular the use of the death penalty on this ground [and] extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.”

IGLHRC and ARC International urge all States, regardless of their vote on this amendment, to sign the UNGA joint statement affirming support of the human rights of all people, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity and to continue in efforts to decriminalize same-sex conduct and to end other discrimination, including violence, on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

The votes to amend the resolution were as follows:

In favor of the amendment to remove sexual orientation from the resolution on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (79):

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Brunei Dar-Sala, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, China, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Opposed to the amendment to remove sexual orientation from the resolution on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (70):

Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Micronesia (FS), Monaco, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Samoa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

Abstain (17):

Antigua-Barbuda, Barbados, Belarus, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Fiji, Mauritius, Mongolia, Papau New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Absent (26):

Albania, Bolivia, Central African Republic, Chad, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Marshall Island, Mauritania, Nauru, Nicaragua, Palau, Sao Tome Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Togo, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan

Car Wash

I thought this was incredibly amusing  

Darwin Awards 2010

Hey, You may've seen this, but I share it here:

The Darwin Awards are drawn up each year and are a tribute to those who give their lives to prevent their genes getting into the Human Gene Pool.)
 

8th Place

In Detroit , a 41-year-old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of water after squeezing head first through an 18in wide sewer grating to retrieve his car keys.
7th Place
A 49yr old  San Francisco  stockbroker, who "totally zoned when he ran", accidentally, jogged off a 100ft high cliff on his daily run.
6th Place 
While at the beach, Daniel Jones, 21, dug an 8 ft hole for protection from the wind and had been sitting in a beach chair at the bottom when it collapsed, burying him beneath 5ft of sand. People on the beach used their hands and shovels trying to get him out but could not reach him. It took rescue workers using heavy equipment almost an hour to free him. Jones was pronounced dead at a hospital.
5th Place

Santiago Alvarado, 24, was killed as he fell through the ceiling of a bicycle shop he was robbing. Death was caused when the long torch he had placed in his mouth to keep his hands free, rammed into the base of his skull as he hit the floor.
4th Place   
Sylvester Briddell, Jr, 26, was killed as he won a bet with friends who said he would not put a revolver loaded with four bullets into his mouth and pull the trigger.
3rd Place
After walking around a marked police patrol car parked at the front door, a man walked into H&J Leather & Firearms intent on robbing the store. The shop was full of customers and a uniformed officer was standing at the counter... Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up and fired a few wild shots from a target pistol. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire and several customers also drew their guns and fired. The robber was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics. Crime scene investigators located forty seven expended cartridge cases in the shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed twenty three gunshot wounds (poor shooting at that range!). Ballistics identified rounds from seven different weapons. No one else was hurt.
HONOURABLE MENTION
Paul Stiller, 47, and his wife Bonnie were bored just driving around at 2am so they lit a stick of dynamite to toss out the window to see what would happen. Apparently they failed to notice the window was closed.
RUNNER UP
Kerry Bingham had been drinking with several friends when one of them said they knew a person who had bungee-jumped from a local bridge in the middle of traffic. The conversation grew more heated and at least ten men trooped along the walkway of the bridge at 4.30am. Upon arrival at the midpoint of the bridge they discovered that no one had brought a bungee rope. Bingham, who had continued drinking, volunteered and pointed out that a coil of lineman's cable lay nearby. They secured one end around Bingham's leg and then tied the other (!) to the bridge. His fall lasted 40ft before the cable tightened and tore his foot off at the ankle. He miraculously survived his fall into the icy water and was rescued by two nearby fishermen.  Bingham's foot was never located.
AND THE WINNER IS . . . . .
Zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt ( Paderborn ,  Germany ) fed his constipated elephant twenty two doses of animal laxative and more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm finally got relief.  Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded.  The sheer force of the elephant's unexpected defecation knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground where he struck his head on a rock as the elephant continued to evacuate 200lbs of dung on top of him. It seems to be just one of those freak accidents that proves.... shit happens.

Is it all That Bad?

Areas without representation.
Have a think on a By the Wayside society, one where people are scared to live decent lives, or uneducated and unable to. And no one outside cares or really represents them.
No one facilitates their elevation from a base level of grunge. They are in a hopeless quandary of What The Fuck.
I had this thought of why do I get involved in trying to make a positive impact on Social Housing.
So I get involved. but thats another story.


I found this poem, It shows a bit of the reason we all must try to get SHIT ways of living OUT of our heads...It may say to some - yeah, thats My Life, Others may say Eughh they dont live like that do they.


Have a read:




Evidently Chicken Town 

the fucking cops are fucking keen 
to fucking keep it fucking clean 
the fucking chief's a fucking swine 
who fucking draws a fucking line 
at fucking fun and fucking games 
the fucking kids he fucking blames 
are nowehere to be fucking found 
anywhere in chicken town 

the fucking scene is fucking sad 
the fucking news is fucking bad 
the fucking weed is fucking turf 
the fucking speed is fucking surf 
the fucking folks are fucking daft 
don't make me fucking laugh 
it fucking hurts to look around 
everywhere in chicken town 

the fucking train is fucking late 
you fucking wait you fucking wait 
you're fucking lost and fucking found 
stuck in fucking chicken town 

the fucking view is fucking vile 
for fucking miles and fucking miles 
the fucking babies fucking cry 
the fucking flowers fucking die 
the fucking food is fucking muck 
the fucking drains are fucking fucked 
the colour scheme is fucking brown 
everywhere in chicken town 

the fucking pubs are fucking dull 
the fucking clubs are fucking full 
of fucking girls and fucking guys 
with fucking murder in their eyes 
a fucking bloke is fucking stabbed 
waiting for a fucking cab 
you fucking stay at fucking home 
the fucking neighbors fucking moan 
keep the fucking racket down 
this is fucking chicken town 

the fucking train is fucking late 
you fucking wait you fucking wait 
you're fucking lost and fucking found 
stuck in fucking chicken town 

the fucking pies are fucking old 
the fucking chips are fucking cold 
the fucking beer is fucking flat 
the fucking flats have fucking rats 
the fucking clocks are fucking wrong 
the fucking days are fucking long 
it fucking gets you fucking down 
evidently chicken town 


From the legend who is John Cooper Clarke.