Do they think we are stupid?

 Having just spent a 2 weeks in France I have returned to the not so pleasant green land of England. I really dont understand why all these immigrants want to come here.   Comparing France to England -  I think I will get on the dinghy and make my way to France. Firstly having driven 800 miles I didnt see any rubbish by the sides of the motorway - I saw more rubbish in the UK in the first mile than the whole of France.  Even driving through Paris there was hardly any rubbish. Dont even get me started on pot holes. I then come back to news that Labour is passing laws and the Sentencing Council will soon give harsher penalties to white, straight men than black transexuals.... Wasnt Britain supposed to be the land of fairness and equality  with the rule of law which is why all the immigrants are flocking here? Being cynical - maybe black transexuals vote Labour and white straight men dont so why not force people like me out. I then see news articles where judg...

 With the governments push towards energy efficiency private landlords are concerned about the cost of achieving an EPC of C. Currently Council housing does not need to meet and EPC of E but the direction of travel for councils is that they will need to achieve an EPC of C at some time in the future. A friend of mine lives in a council house and I was discussing with him the recent assessment of his council property. It was the first time ever the property had been assessed - he has lived there for 30+ years and the council hasnt done anything to the property. The assessor was very negative about the property saying it's unlikely to meet performance standards.  There was very little loft insulation, no cavity wall insulation, the boiler was 40 years old and not energy efficient, many of the light fittings were not LED etc.  So whilst down the pub we looked up his new EPC and we were both very surprised to find it had and EPC of C.  It reports the 40 year old boiler a...