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Tag Archives: London Midland
Living by numbers
A really great post has been brought to my attention on a blog I wasn’t previously following, and I’d like to share it with readers here. There are two current bugbears at the moment causing me irritation that anyone who follows me on Twatter will be aware of. The first is the woeful, shambolic nature of the local railway, and it’s use of performance figures. The second is the use of statistics by Walsall Police Superintendent Keith Fraser.
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Posted in Bad Science, Environment, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local media, Local politics, News, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged blogs, Cheap tat, concellations, data, delays, Inspector Guilfoyle, local blogs, Local politics, London Midland, numbers, Performance, Police, Politics, Statistics, stats, Superintendent Keith Fraser, Twitter, visualisation, West Midlands Police
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London Midland: staffing reductions (via Marco Longhi)
Conservative Councillor for Pelsall Marco Longhi has recently made the welcome decision to re-enter the online community, joining in with twitter and recommencing blogging. I salute Marco for this, and although we have our differences, I respect any Councillor that like … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local media, Local politics, Shared media, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged Ian Shires, local blogs, Local politics, London Midland, London Midland industrial action, Marco Longhi, Mike Flower, Politics, poor service, poor train performance, redundancy, Silly, Social media, Ticket office closures, tweeting councillors, Twitter, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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