We expose bad practises in all walks of life and encourage others to name and shame those who are corrupt. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/ Copyright © 2002 Name and Shame http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-gb Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:39:37 +0100 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:36:09 +0100 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.4) http://www.feedforall.com If you have had any bad experiences with Pension Credits or with University College Hospital, London we would like to hear from you. Scroll to the bottom of our home page for more information. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/ E94F82CA-78C6-4DB9-B7A8-ACBFCAF631ED Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:36:09 +0100 Our article introducing the fictitious "Revolutionary Truth Party" is attracting interest already and visitors are adding to the list of suggested legislation that could make Britain a better place to live. You could add more. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/revolution.htm DAA29A5A-7CF2-45B2-A5E6-2F076DF4869E Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:30:06 +0100 Not one of ours but a good link to another exposure site. Worth a read if you are worried about increasing CCTV surveillance usage. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/links.htm 7F3D63C6-EB4A-4DE3-B9EE-A5672CC61DCE Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:13:37 +0100 The saga continues as Bexley Council refuse to rescind parking penalties even though their yellow lines do not meet the requirements of statutory regulations. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/parking_wardens.htm 0431C2A3-E60A-4891-A46C-A4964E8D72C1 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:09:10 +0100 We can all spot the surveillance cameras but who are the new breed of covert agents appointed by local councils to spy on us? http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/covert_snoops.htm C3DB350E-99B5-4C05-B285-DA207FEC2194 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:10:18 +0000 The Erewash Borough Council scandal continues with more false allegations by Rayden Engineering which led to Derbyshire Police intimidating another neighbour - a man in his sixties - for shining a torch in his garden! Apparently it interfered with Rayden's surveillance cameras which routinely snoop on their residential neighbours. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/erewash_borough_council.htm B1A7677F-51B8-4440-9031-8724974B414D Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:44:30 +0000 How well are you protected from dangerous processes in neighbouring work places? The HSE don't protect you so you're in the hands of your local authority. That may mean no protection at all. Read this update on the Erewash Borough Council article. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/erewash_borough_council.htm 49DB45F4-84B9-4466-8584-23BBD948F9D8 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:17:50 +0000 What working standards are required when a council issues a contract to an external company? This case in South Yorkshire really makes you wonder http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/council_contractors.htm 0265BCBF-77B9-424C-B678-ED5508B2542E Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:57:58 +0000 Why do politicians constantly want to change everything? Why not stick to the old adage: if it ain't broken, don't fix it. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/learn_from_history.htm A3D0F82B-A8A2-4D64-A016-BF6E3B43D3F0 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:35:44 +0000 If you were a member of the new Revolutionary Truth Party, how would you change things to make England great to live in again? Read our suggestions and add your own. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/revolution.htm 97C1F3C3-25D0-4A66-9E4B-94982F122851 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:54:45 +0000 There's never any gain without pain ... unless you're already obscenely rich (e.g. a commercially-aware New Labour acolyte). For everyone else, the 2008 budget will be painful but you can rest assured that your increased donations to central government will be wisely wasted. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/alistair_darling.htm 107BC3CE-39DE-4C05-B9EC-98B6A8F7BF3E Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:26:33 +0000 Do you really want to trust all your information to a government that cannot be trusted to keep data secure? Do you honestly think I/D cards will actually prevent the terrorism that the government invited? http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/national_identity_cards.htm 8B852E64-18FE-4610-A2CD-E0683E1374AE Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:26:04 +0000 Local authorities always claim that the purpose of traffic wardens is to keep traffic flowing. What rubbish! It is nothing more than a scam to pour more money into the authority's coffers and they use covert methods to trap victims. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/parking_wardens.htm 4CD7234D-C66D-43ED-A4EA-9B3759989A7D Sat, 8 Mar 2008 10:01:39 +0000 This week Margaret Hodge claimed British institutions like the Proms were divisive and could upset ethnic minorities in this wonderful country that is now multi-cultural thanks to New Labour's open door policy of uncontrolled immigration. See what we think about Margaret Hodge. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/margaret_hodge.htm AD9BD715-8324-4E42-819B-C46016B433D4 Sat, 8 Mar 2008 09:56:19 +0000 A customer pays a rather large deposit to a company who supply solar heating but they never get any goods. Nor do they get their deposit back! This is obviously a company to avoid. They have already been investigated by the Office of Fair Trading. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/ultimate_energy.htm C7664FD6-4A64-49A5-B061-A9E49E6EBA13 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 15:34:15 +0000 Top quality kitchens (manufactured in China) at rock bottom prices (collected in Oldham). But customers of this company are very unhappy. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/rock_solid_kitchens.htm AA02BE8D-1B63-4CAF-BC36-809B0FC4C161 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 15:29:46 +0000 You put your house on the market and the estate agent's valuer comes round to take photographs. While in your house, she steps back on your laptop PC with her stiletto heel and breaks it. So you make a claim against the estate agent and they compensate you. Right? Unfortunately not, in Eliotts case. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/elliots_estate_agents.htm 0A3713FE-E53C-49E9-A8F8-2BA6688339C4 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 15:20:34 +0000 You order a secondhand computer from an online retailer and when it arrives it looks like it's come off a scrap heap. Well perhaps it has. Olympia also run another company called Green PC Disposals - they collect old, expired PCs from businesses and schools. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/olympia_computers.htm 9725ED8A-DD2E-4347-B141-8F2D69C90051 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 15:15:15 +0000 The dream bed you want is in store and ready to be delivered. Except it isn't in store. And when you complain, it seems the people you need to speak to are also not in the store. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/dreams_bed_superstores.htm B6B2C25A-29D8-4209-8759-C0F0054B35FD Wed, 9 Jan 2008 15:10:58 +0000 A Vodafone customer is offered a terrific deal by rival operators O2 but the contract terms she is given are nothing like the special deal. That had expired before she even received the offer! http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/o2_mobile_phones.htm 6C7BCAA6-390C-4BB8-A530-83684D58EDF3 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:46:25 +0000 If the amount of correspondence we get is anything to go by, it would appear Vodafone have a lot of very unhappy customers. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/vodafone.htm CD59968A-7F91-4791-9C77-7B124CF20347 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 14:43:43 +0000 What happens when a family foster a child who later makes false allegations against them? Naturally, those marvellous people from social services believe everything the child says, ignore all the evidence that proves the child is lying, and start a court case against the foster parents. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/fostering_dangers.htm 605FC5A8-6F36-42EB-9349-FC10F0FBBB02 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:35:02 +0000 Why are yobs given such lightweight punishments when the brave men and women serving in the armed forces are risking their lives for this country and are being treated so badly? http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/asbos.htm 3A7E4171-7C52-4CAF-99AD-2240D66A1F13 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:29:46 +0000 A quick survey in a small outer London borough reveals that 77% of criminal cases reported in the local weekly newspaper involve defendants with foreign names. Is this a national trend? http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/killing_culture.htm B73493D2-7A10-46A2-9DEB-9CE66A08C0CD Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:26:20 +0000 If you get caught out on this one, the penalties are severe. Unfortunately, the trial is similar in some ways to those in the Family Courts - you are not allowed to produce documentary evidence and you are not allowed to have witnesses! http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/human_rights.htm 9E2D3838-7CFD-4632-A3BE-8D74C7CFDA87 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 14:07:06 +0000 The debate about the dangers from mobile phone masts will never go away but some councillors seem determined to let service providers get away with erecting these ugly monstrosities near to residences and schools http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/airborne_radiation.htm 5A88D8A3-543D-4E4B-B093-BD25F60537E6 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:02:28 +0000 Thanks to this council's failure to enforce regulations, 15 houses were flooded when an engineering firm snatched land they didn't own and destroyed existing flood plain defences. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/erewash_borough_council.htm 4379304B-6E52-4085-9621-04C8151DB3E9 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:57:00 +0000 A totally useless piece of legislation from a totally useless MP. This act has no enforcement agency to monitor it so the only way to get compensation from a neighbour who refuses to pay is by taking expensive court action. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/party_walls.htm E64B138C-DE3E-4132-914F-FAB9C79BCAE4 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:49:30 +0000 Why do the government want to penalise smokers whilst doing nothing about the real polluters - factory chimneys and other industrial processes. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/smoking.htm F43DD3EC-869B-472D-AAD9-B3E23E1C71DF Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:43:47 +0000 Speed kills! That's what they keep telling us. The truth is that speed does increase the severity of crashes but it's the bad driving that kills! http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/speed_cameras.htm CB83676C-1DDC-45C4-A3A0-0031C5372B74 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:37:11 +0000 Does the Prime Minister really think we're stupid enough to believe any more of his lies? Road pricing is nothing more than a new tax system and a way to spy on us. Congestion is merely the meaningless excuse. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/road_pricing.htm AC0FD290-E98E-4C64-9F29-A36482785AAF Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:49:06 +0000 A husband who needed extra funds for his business re-mortgaged his wife's home without her knowledge. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/allied_irish_bank.htm 827BA254-86FC-4421-875C-48FEA37C2AAA Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:48:01 +0000 This bank are very dishonest as one of our subscribers discovered http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/first_direct.htm C61E51A1-6175-4675-8A85-7DDE48C4EE92 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:42:27 +0000 Despite promising to rescind illegal parking tickets, Bexley didn't do this. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/dishonest_bexley.htm 301A8BF8-3EBF-4D9E-A1D4-B0EA38AD79EC Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:39:48 +0000 Jack Straw provokes outrage after his comments about Muslim women not wearing veils. And many true British people will agree with him ... http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/muslim_veils.htm E2D94270-089A-4845-BC84-032CE6DC79E6 Fri, 6 Oct 2006 11:03:09 +0000 No, not just the bugs that cling to the cuttings you have thrown out but the electronic devices that local authorities are fixing to bins to tell them how much recyclable material you put out as refuse. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/wheelie_bin_spy.htm EE460047-BFDF-4069-9B2E-089B595DCD55 Wed, 4 Oct 2006 20:10:15 +0000 A high court judge prevented a gross miscarriage of justice when he threw out a case against a foster mother wrongly accused of abusing the boy in her care. We name and shame Bexley Council for bringing this ridiculous case in the first place. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/fostering_dangers.htm 77D2FE3C-E316-484F-B640-CBBF6EAB314F Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:28:18 +0000 The parking bay suspension notices are gone and fixed penalty notices are to be quashed. Bexley admit their notices were lacking. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/parking_bay_withdrawal.htm 7B6D0AC0-317C-4CAB-93E0-044DD378FBA4 Mon, 2 Oct 2006 18:52:21 +0000 Although they made her life hell, Samantha Nicholson was given a community service order when she did what the police failed to do. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/samantha_nicholson_barnsley.htm 2F75CCED-68FB-450D-AF9A-83C069982EEC Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:40:09 +0000 Bexley council withdrew parking bays in a secondary shopping centre by sticking unreadable cardboard notices on the posts of signs that still showed the blue P symbol. Is this legal? http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/parking_bay_withdrawal.htm 37021672-2ECC-4E9C-BCDD-BF7AD8D4EAE7 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:40:40 +0000 This company handle student accommodation in Canterbury but they have proved themselves to be unreliable and untrustworthy. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/kent_estate_agencies.htm 36DF616E-8FE3-401A-AFBC-4B36C5BBC67A Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:19:02 +0000 Strange things are happening in academic circles. There are government targets to get everyone educated to university level, as long as the students foot the bills, but the results indicate lower standards. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/academia.htm C94DD2B3-B7BE-4329-9C61-0206BB020B2F Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:07:25 +0000 Although the government prefer to play down problems caused by an "open border" policy, most natural British people do not like what is happening. Those who are prepared to say what they think will find they belong to a large company of kindred spirits. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/people.htm 766641E2-C3AC-43DB-AEBD-F4C52C4A5268 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:58:12 +0000 We might expect large companies to have high principles but the fact is that many have no scruples at all. Customers are no longer considered to be an essential ingredient of the company's success so "customer service" is a phrase that is rapidly losing its meaning. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/companies.htm 7891111B-BDCD-488D-8E6F-88FC35C04EE0 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:54:26 +0000 If the punishment for your "crime" will produce revenue for the authorities, expect the police to come down heavily on you. But if you want to steal or beat up innocent people, you don't have to fear the police or courts - they're not that interested. http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/police.htm 9DBFF095-BCEB-4416-8ABC-BA511C097B79 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:43:29 +0000 How times have changed. Council employees are now little more than nosey snoops who completely forget their income comes from the taxes we pay. They're only interested in controlling our lives and everything we do and say. They're just another branch of Blair's thought police http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/local_government.htm FC72B429-F0B6-42A2-8DE9-82E8F2A2FB54 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:35:12 +0000 Life under New Labour is increasingly state-controlled. They want to snoop on us and know about everything we do and say, but they don't want any accountability for their own actions. Whenever they are taken to task, they spin a fabric of lies believing we are too stupid to realise the truth. But the truth can be revealed ... http://www.name-n-shame.co.uk/national_government.htm 5C7E32A1-2FE8-4B0D-AA6A-6333950B9168 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:40:12 +0000