The Giant White Horse Tale

Boy am I on a roll today!

Everyone and everything is really getting me riled, (it probably has something to do with PMT). I decided to pick on the white horse story this morning just to outline what an utter waste of money this piece of 'public art' actually is.

Yesterday a giant white horse was announced as a two million pound public art commission in the South East of England. The structure itself will see the white horse standing on all fours at the scale of 33 times life size. Once built, the landscape of north Kent will be dominated by the 'artwork' at a staggering height of around 164ft.

It honestly makes me wonder if the people involved are aware that we are in the midst of an economic slump. By the end of today, figures are expected to reveal that unemployment has exceeded the two million mark.

Do the government, local councils, or anyone else with a bit of common sense not think that the money involved in creating this monster of a structure could be put to better use elsewhere?