What I learnt today (or yesterday)

• Only 3% of street robberies in London were solved using CCTV images
  The most common argument I have heard for CCTV is that it is a deterrent – people are less likely to commit crime for fear of being caught. I have remained sceptical – but this statistic seems ridiculous! Found via The Anchoress.

• Since learning about 20th Century history in school, I’ve been of the opinion that a more socialist government is a good thing. I generally don’t agree with the Conservative Party. But then, I haven’t really agreed with the Labour Party since they’ve been in power (which is really all I’ve known of them). Which leads me to ask the question – have I been had?Also via The Anchoress, I came across this post about the collapse of some American financial institutions Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (from the Grouchy Old Cripple in Atlanta). What intrigued me is the video, which outlines who noticed the potential for collapse, the action they tried to take and the obstacles in their way.

• I don’t know what I want, what I really, really want. Should I? Madonna syndrome: I should have ditched feminism for love, children and baking via Jennifer Roback Morse.

• WALL-E captured my imagination completly when I watched it today – just through the animation and the words ‘WALL-E’ and ‘EVE’. Amazing.