Best story of the week so far is this one from the wonderful Mayor of London. A study published in that well known political journal “Occupational and Environmental Medicine” summarises the results of some research suggesting that the London Congestion Charge, introduced in 2003, has saved 1,888 extra years of life among the city’s seven million residents. Our Ken is fighting a difficult battle to get re-elected in May so, he makes sure that Transport for London briefs the friendly BBC to put this one close to the top of the news. Now we know the BBC doesn’t employ many people with GCSE maths so, let me do the sums for them.
That’s 1888 years multiplied by 365 days/year multiplied by 24 hours/day = 16,538,880 hours divided by 7000000 London citizens = 2.4 hours of life saved per citizen
Wow Ken! Thanks for that. Now what could I do with an extra 2.4 hours at the end of my life? Probably less than I could do with all the money I will have spent on the Congestion Charge. ARRRGGGGHH !
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