Genius plan to rejuvenate the High Street!

Graeme linked to this in The Telegraph:

The Prime Minister is to announce a Government-backed code of conduct which will mean that pornography is blocked in public spaces such as cafes and railway stations where children are likely to be present.

Mr Cameron said that he wanted “good, clean WiFi” in public spaces which would give parents confidence that their children cannot access illicit websites on smart phones or mobile computers.

The Prime Minister said: “We are promoting good, clean, WiFi in local cafes and elsewhere to make sure that people have confidence in public WiFi systems so that they are not going to see things they shouldn’t.

Does he not get embarrassed saying stuff like this? Does he not realise that he's making a complete idiot of himself?

The coalition of charities, which includes the NSPCC and The Children’s Society, last night welcomed Mr Cameron’s intervention...

Just for old times' sake...

The NSPCC's 2012 accounts have a nice long list of donors at the back, which includes Comic Relief, The Department of Education, Welsh Government, Army Central Fund, Department of Health 3rd Sector Investment Program (Dart), Department of Health, Social Services & Public Safety, Newcastle International Airport,BBC Children In Need Appeal and Glasgow City Council. They received over £9 million in "statutory funding", see note 3, page 31.

The Children's Society 2012 accounts note 7 on "Incoming resources from charitable activities" says they received £13 million from central and local government for doing what it is they pretend to do.

Fakecharity of the day

The Telegraph runs an article headed "Childhood ruined by 'me-first' society, landmark report claims" 

Right, this is becoming routine by now ... yada, yada, skim read the article until you get to this... "Bob Reitemeier, the chief executive of The Children's Society, which carried out the inquiry, said: 'This landmark report is a wake-up call to us all...'"

Next, go to www.charity-commission.gov.uk. Type in Children's Society, click the top one on the list (*yawn*), click 'View accounts', scroll down through the most recent accounts as far as the 'Financial Review' (page 19 - sometimes they put this information in the Notes after the proper income & expenditure statement, sometimes they hide it in the cash flow statement), skim read a bit further ... yada, yada ... here we go:

'Income from charitable activities' (local and central government) increased by £0.2Million to £9.3Million as government commissioning arrangements began to settle down.

Right. Next. Every now and then you find that one of these do-gooding bodies is actually funded by people who believe in it, but three times out of four it's a quango.