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Post by steve on Jan 19, 2024 7:26:24 GMT
"Either that or an Issue Specific Thread on the subject, maybe. "Farewell, Granny; it was nice knowing you ", the title"
" I remember my grannies last words to me to this day. What are you doing with that pillow? "
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Post by Danny on Jan 19, 2024 7:40:35 GMT
George Eustace explaining why neonicitinoid insecticides have just been allowed for continuing use by the government (or possibly resumed use). He began explaining the EU had banned them, but it also has a derogation system whereby they can be permitted despite being banned, so he is using those powers to allow their use.
Which seemed barking since we left the EU?
The contrary environmentalist spokesperson argued that government's own advice was that using them would be doing more harm than good, and the original question to Eustace had been that being so, why have you allowed them?
Eustace added that the way forward would be to use genetically modified crops which make their own insecticides, so we dont need to spray them on.
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Post by Danny on Jan 19, 2024 7:46:56 GMT
"Either that or an Issue Specific Thread on the subject, maybe. "Farewell, Granny; it was nice knowing you ", the title" " I remember my grannies last words to me to this day. What are you doing with that pillow? " Thinking about it, isnt the situation more likely to be 'mum' than granny? Which would probably also concur with how grand parents have better relationships with grandchildren than actual children? The advantage in how the government uses the NHS to manage this is that it doesnt involve personal relationships.
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Post by pete on Jan 19, 2024 8:30:29 GMT
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Post by neilj on Jan 19, 2024 8:39:42 GMT
steve'I've no idea why there was a huge drop in the Lib dems vote' The tory candidate, Ian Sharer, was apparently a very popular Libdem Councillor before defecting to the tories
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Post by Danny on Jan 19, 2024 8:45:04 GMT
steve'I've no idea why there was a huge drop in the Lib dems vote' The tory candidate, Ian Sharer, was apparently a very popular Libdem Councillor before defecting to the tories Con could ask Nick Clegg to stand for them?
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Post by thylacine on Jan 19, 2024 8:51:11 GMT
"Either that or an Issue Specific Thread on the subject, maybe. "Farewell, Granny; it was nice knowing you ", the title" " I remember my grannies last words to me to this day. What are you doing with that pillow? " I'm a bit slow this morning.Took far to long for penny to drop 🤣
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Post by shevii on Jan 19, 2024 9:05:55 GMT
Anyone who bothered with my earlier post on today's local government by-elections might like to know Labour have done a last minute 'reverse ferret' and un-banned their own candidate in Hackney: "London Labour confirms Laura Pascal’s suspension has been lifted just hours before the polls open in the Hackney by-election. Pascal said: “I offer a heartfelt apology to the people of Cazenove ward, Hackney and anyone who has been offended by my social media activity…”" We will soon know what damage has been done. I assume there will now be resignations from those who bought the complaint against her in the first place. Really? I mean I'm not a fan of trawling people's twitter feeds for casual/drunken likes or indeed for closing down views on any subject but that's Labour Party policy and it's a bit of a cesspit when a far more complex investigation can be completed in such a short time while Abbott, where it was all out in the open and who apologised immediately (not after she was suspended), is still suspended or not even been interviewed last we heard. And having apologised for any offence given in order to get re-instated her twitter header now reads "feminist and unapologetic for my gender critical views". People have a right to have a view on women's spaces, competitive sports, age where children can transition etc, but rather like the "I'm not racist but..." you tend to know when someone has overstepped the mark from opinion into transphobia or hatred by the degree they jump on everything and anything. Whether she's done this or not I have no idea- I'd say Rowling and Duffield have because of their constant put downs although I wouldn't go as far as others who think Duffield should be suspended for her views even though I think a sensible person would seek to deselect her. I had a look for the specific tweet likes that caused offence without too much joy although I did find this one that seems pretty dodgy: /photo/1
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Post by crossbat11 on Jan 19, 2024 9:53:43 GMT
Just a slight note of concern, but Roland Haines hasn't posted for a while now. I hope he's ok. When some of our regulars depart, with little or no notice or explanation, I get worried about their welfare, irrespective of whether I shared their political views or not. None of us are getting any younger, are we?
I did receive a personal massage off one of his old mates, Chouenlai a couple of months ago, discussing the volatile situation in Taiwan, but old Chou made no mention of Roland. Nor another mutual acquaintance, Sapper.
I wonder if Mark knows anything?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2024 10:06:28 GMT
Batty
I also have a slight note of concern as ole Danny hasn’t stopped posting very regularly and very often for a very long time. So I worry about his welfare** - I understand Hastings has been a tricky place to live in since the 1066 Covid invasion.
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Post by robbiealive on Jan 19, 2024 10:07:48 GMT
USELESS ON ULEZ
There have been innumerable attacks on ULEZ cameras, one involving a bomb & another injuring a child.
From 1 April to 31 October 2023, the Met recorded 987 crimes relating to ULEZ cameras. This includes 220 reports of cameras being stolen and 767 cameras being damaged. There have been five arrests and two charges in relation to ULEZ.
I know that many people on this site take a fusty & indeed critical view of Just Stop Oil protestors but it is a sign of the politicized nature of law-making & enforcement in this country that elderly and completely peaceful Stop Oil people can be sent to jail for months for causing a 5-minute traffic jam while hooded & violent vigilante nutjobs can run amuk while scarecely causing a ripple of protest in the media & virtually no one being arrested or prosecuted. (Not a single comma),
The right-wing petrol-head press of course supports the violence as do many Tory MPs including former Tory leader & one of the leaders of the Confederacy of Dunces, Chief Dope, I Duncan Smith:
Usually he prides himself on being tough on crime, but the former cabinet minister said today he was ‘happy’ for the residents of his Chingford and Woodford Green constituency to destroy cameras because they have been “lied to”. Sir Iain said: “A lot of people in my constituency have been cementing up the cameras or putting plastic bags over them. “I am happy for them to do it because they are facing an imposition that no-one wants and they have been lied to about it.“The actions you are seeing show how angry people are at what is being imposed on them. Sadiq Khan has gerrymandered all the information – people have had enough.”
Of course what Dunkin Doughtnut Smith is really worried about is his v small majority in Chingford, where he even suffered a swing agin him in 2019.
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Post by domjg on Jan 19, 2024 10:10:08 GMT
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Post by domjg on Jan 19, 2024 10:13:34 GMT
USELESS ON ULEZ There have been innumerable attacks on ULEZ cameras, one involving a bomb & another injuring a child. From 1 April to 31 October 2023, the Met recorded 987 crimes relating to ULEZ cameras. This includes 220 reports of cameras being stolen and 767 cameras being damaged. There have been five arrests and two charges in relation to ULEZ.
I know that many people on this site take a fusty & indeed critical view of Just Stop Oil protestors but it is a sign of the politicized nature of law-making & enforcement in this country that elderly and completely peaceful Stop Oil people can be sent to jail for months for causing a 5-minute traffic jam while hooded & violent vigilante nutjobs can run amuk while scarecely causing a ripple of protest in the media & virtually no one being arrested or prosecuted. (Not a single comma), The right-wing petrol-head press of course supports the violence as do many Tory MPs including former Tory leader & one of the leaders of the Confederacy of Dunces, Chief Dope, I Duncan Smith: Usually he prides himself on being tough on crime, but the former cabinet minister said today he was ‘happy’ for the residents of his Chingford and Woodford Green constituency to destroy cameras because they have been “lied to”. Sir Iain said: “A lot of people in my constituency have been cementing up the cameras or putting plastic bags over them. “I am happy for them to do it because they are facing an imposition that no-one wants and they have been lied to about it.“The actions you are seeing show how angry people are at what is being imposed on them. Sadiq Khan has gerrymandered all the information – people have had enough.”
Of course what Dunkin Doughtnut Smith is really worried about is his v small majority in Chingford, where he even suffered a swing agin him in 2019. He should be charged with incitement to violence (Duncan Smith)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2024 10:13:44 GMT
Strangely insightful I must say. Controversial yes, but tending to the ever growing needs of entitled geriatrics is already unsustainable in the UK. Riddled with error actually. And there is quite a lot of "entitlement" around in modern society ( apart from the one about access to health care ). And none of it is natural in any evolutionary sense. They exist because we legislate them into existence. If we are considering some which might be expended with ,I've got a favourite. : Middle class mothers depositing their offspring at the school gate from their Audi/BMW Armoured People Carriers. Then to drive across neighbouring front gardens and swear from their tank turrets at local citizenry who have the temerity to be walking on their local footpath, or driving on their own side of the road. How about the entitlement of parental vehicular access to a school to be limited to a car no larger than a mini, parked no nearer than 1 mile from said school. ? The many advantages will be readily apparent.
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Post by domjg on Jan 19, 2024 10:18:01 GMT
Strangely insightful I must say. Controversial yes, but tending to the ever growing needs of entitled geriatrics is already unsustainable in the UK. Riddled with error actually. And there is quite a lot of "entitlement" around in modern society ( apart from the one about access to health care ). And none of it is natural in any evolutionary sense. They exist because we legislate them into existence. If we are considering some which might be expended with ,I've got a favourite. : Middle class mothers depositing their offspring at the school gate from their Audi/BMW Armoured People Carriers. Then to drive across neighbouring front gardens and swear from their tank turrets at local citizenry who have the temerity to be walking on their local footpath, or driving on their own side of the road. How about the entitlement of parental vehicular access to a school to be limited to a car no larger than a mini, parked no nearer than 1 mile from said school. ? The many advantages will be readily apparent. It's just Danny, desperately trying to find another subject to be provocative about and thereby get the attention he needs. With you on the school parking. Our school carpark is, as most are, pretty cramped with tiny spaces and people turn up in massive SUVs so they barely fit into a space where they can open the doors. Several times I've almost gone up to them to ask 'Why??'
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Post by leftieliberal on Jan 19, 2024 10:18:39 GMT
Local by-election results coming in. (edited as new results happen) Lab hold Tooting Broadway. Lab +6.7%. Con +0.8% LD hold Stannington. LD +0.3% Lab +4.8% Con -4.6% LD gain Hampton North from Con. LD +19.9% Grn -16.2% Lab -1.1% Con -16.2%LD hold Teddington.Con gain Hackney Cazenove from Lab. 1 result still waiting (Warwick), but I'm done for the night. The most important aspect of those results is that LB Richmond Council is now a Tory-free zone. As recently as 2014 the Tories won 39 out of 54 seats on the Council. How are the mighty fallen!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2024 10:19:10 GMT
If Trump gets in there wont be a NATO to defend the Baltic States. I image access to Kaliningrad will be the first step with Belarus as the proxy.
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Post by robbiealive on Jan 19, 2024 10:19:35 GMT
Overnight News Chief Inspector Priya Shome, based in Bromley, said: "We are investigating the criminal damage to five sets of traffic lights in the Orpington area overnight which has caused major traffic management issues. "Two police units, who should have been available to answer 999 calls, were instead required to spend the morning managing traffic. "The people who are carrying out this criminal damage are putting the public at risk. This morning, there has been a collision between two cars on Court Road, at the location of one of the damaged traffic lights, in which a child was injured.
"I would urge the people carrying out these crimes to stop immediately and think about the danger they are causing to road users."
Police confirmed they were called to the Court road area were called shortly before 8.30am on Thursday to reports of an accident. Two vehicles were involved in a collision. An adult and a six-year-old girl, were taken to hospital to be treated for head injuries. Their condition has been assessed as non life-threatening.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2024 10:21:20 GMT
I've almost gone up to them to ask 'Why??' I note that "almost". These people are awful. They don't respond to individuals below their elevated gun turrets.
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Post by leftieliberal on Jan 19, 2024 10:27:54 GMT
Here's one specially for Danny: Covid vaccines saved more than 400,000 lives in England and Scotland, WHO saysCovid vaccines have saved more than 420,000 lives in England and Scotland, according to an analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The study estimates that jabs saved 396,532 lives in England and 24,340 lives in Scotland between December 2020 and March 2023.
As such, they reduced the death toll from Covid by 70 per cent during this period, the analysis found.
Too bad that the rare allergic reactions to the Covid vaccines get all the publicity, while their valuable life-saving goes unremarked upon. It follows a study in the Lancet, which came at the effectiveness from a different angle.
This study estimated that around 7,100 Covid deaths and hospitalisations could have been avoided in the summer of 2022 if the whole UK population had taken up all the vaccines it was eligible for – something that would have cut the death toll that summer by a fifth.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2024 10:29:32 GMT
"The new head of Ofsted has said that behaviour at some schools is so bad that there are “no-go” areas for staff, and teachers lock themselves in classrooms for safety at lunchtime.
Sir Martyn Oliver, in his first national newspaper interview since taking over as the watchdog’s chief inspector on January 1, outlined the scale of the challenge facing education in England and set out his mission for reform.
He said behaviour in particular was “certainly a challenge now”. As the leader of an academy trust he said he had taken on broken schools where “students were stopping staff saying, this is a no-go corridor, it belongs to the children”. He added there were also cases of “staff locking themselves in their classroom during break and lunchtime for safety reasons”.
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Bet these are the ones with the Giant SUV mothers .
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Post by domjg on Jan 19, 2024 10:33:29 GMT
If Trump gets in there wont be a NATO to defend the Baltic States. I image access to Kaliningrad will be the first step with Belarus as the proxy. That presumably is what the Russians are thinking but Trump is very changeable and what he says now may not last. He could just as easily turn into a hawk once in office which hopefully isn't a scenario we'll have to face in any case. He remains weirdly the only US president to have attacked Syrian govt forces, albeit briefly. The bottom line is Europeans are going to have to take far greater responsibility for their own defence regardless and this US pivoting away from Europe rhetoric actually started under Obama or earlier. If it weren't for Ukraine Biden would be continuing down that path too. They would love to be able to hold the focus on China. If US threats do result in forcing Europeans to spend far more on defence than that would lead to a longer term positive outcome as long as threats is all they are..
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Post by domjg on Jan 19, 2024 10:38:13 GMT
"The new head of Ofsted has said that behaviour at some schools is so bad that there are “no-go” areas for staff, and teachers lock themselves in classrooms for safety at lunchtime. Sir Martyn Oliver, in his first national newspaper interview since taking over as the watchdog’s chief inspector on January 1, outlined the scale of the challenge facing education in England and set out his mission for reform. He said behaviour in particular was “certainly a challenge now”. As the leader of an academy trust he said he had taken on broken schools where “students were stopping staff saying, this is a no-go corridor, it belongs to the children”. He added there were also cases of “staff locking themselves in their classroom during break and lunchtime for safety reasons”. TIMES Bet these are the ones with the Giant SUV mothers . !!! This seems like sensationalism that's been generated by one or two cases. I very much doubt that parents of children at schools where this is a problem can afford SUVs. Schools need money more than anything as they are falling apart and morale is low thanks to this government. It's common now for parents to pay for things needed in class, be asked for wider donations and sometimes for the teachers to pay for things out of their own salaries.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2024 10:39:02 GMT
That presumably is what the Russians are thinking but Trump is very changeable and what he says now may not last. He could just as easily turn into a hawk once in office which hopefully isn't a scenario we'll have to face in any case. He remains weirdly the only US president to have attacked Syrian govt forces, albeit briefly. The bottom line is Europeans are going to have to take far greater responsibility for their own defence regardless and this US pivoting away from Europe rhetoric actually started under Obama or earlier. If it weren't for Ukraine Biden would be continuing down that path too. They would love to be able to hold the focus on China. If US threats do result in forcing Europeans to spend far more on defence than that would lead to a longer term positive outcome as long as threats is all they are.. Yes definitely. But I fear "Europe" will just muddle along as usual, still arguing about who does what and whether the kit will be French or German. Honestly-I think Putin is way ahead on strategic thinking. re Trump-theres a Times piece about Starmer working with him . Includes a quote from a Lab team member that a Trump victory is "the dog that won't bark". I bloody hope so. The world has more than enough to cope with.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2024 10:43:06 GMT
This seems like sensationalism that's been generated by one or two cases. I very much doubt that parents of children at schools where this is a problem can afford SUVs. Schools need money more than anything as they are falling apart and morale is low thanks to this government. It's common now for parents to pay for things needed in class, be asked for wider donations and sometimes for the teachers to pay for things out of their own salaries. He doesn't seem a very sensationalist chap ?
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Post by alec on Jan 19, 2024 10:43:20 GMT
The first of quite a few legal cases the NHS is likely to face in relation to Covid, I suspect - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-68017038It will be interesting to see the outcome, but there is a pattern here of patients with 'long covid' and related symptoms being denied referrals and treatments, and also in many cases, being given 'graded exercise therapy' which has worsened their condition, as it is now proven to be a dangerous treatment for many LC sufferers. While this case dates to 2020, the same experiences are happening today. Partly I suspect that this is because the NHS (and the wider medical community) simply doesn't know how to handle post viral conditions, which sit across and between multiple specialisms. Eventually we'll have specialist teams in post viral illness, as a separate structural reform, but that could be years away. For now, legal action is the only way forward. Good luck to them. The NHS has let a n awful lot of people down.
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Post by domjg on Jan 19, 2024 10:53:28 GMT
I've almost gone up to them to ask 'Why??' I note that "almost". These people are awful. They don't respond to individuals below their elevated gun turrets. Unfortunately I've learned the hard way that it's not a great idea to get into a rucus with another parent in the car park.. I don't understand the mentality of those who drive them, all they're doing is causing themselves additional stress as parking in a busy car park can be stressful enough. I think maybe it makes them feel safe. Personally I've always preferred smaller, agile cars. This is Europe not North America.
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Post by lululemonmustdobetter on Jan 19, 2024 11:02:00 GMT
It's just Danny, desperately trying to find another subject to be provocative about and thereby get the attention he needs. With you on the school parking. Our school carpark is, as most are, pretty cramped with tiny spaces and people turn up in massive SUVs so they barely fit into a space where they can open the doors. Several times I've almost gone up to them to ask 'Why??' Well speaking as a middle class mother with two school aged children, and an SUV (hybrid) owner, I can safely say both my children walk/use public transport to get to and from school; they always have. While I understand that may not be an option for all, I'm sure many more could walk. What I really can't abide is parents idling in their cars, sometimes up to an hour before pick up.
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Post by domjg on Jan 19, 2024 11:11:17 GMT
It's just Danny, desperately trying to find another subject to be provocative about and thereby get the attention he needs. With you on the school parking. Our school carpark is, as most are, pretty cramped with tiny spaces and people turn up in massive SUVs so they barely fit into a space where they can open the doors. Several times I've almost gone up to them to ask 'Why??' Well speaking as a middle class mother with two school aged children, and an SUV (hybrid) owner, I can safely say both my children walk/use public transport to get to and from school; they always have. While I understand that may not be an option for all, I'm sure many more could walk. What I really can't abide is parents idling in their cars, sometimes up to an hour before pick up.At our school you have to arrive about a half hour before normal pick up time or you won't get a space and will be stuck queueing outside. Thank God for after school club.. We and the school are in the sticks so walking/cycling to it would entail using a fast country road with no pavements alas..
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Post by neilj on Jan 19, 2024 11:26:58 GMT
Here's one specially for Danny: Covid vaccines saved more than 400,000 lives in England and Scotland, WHO saysCovid vaccines have saved more than 420,000 lives in England and Scotland, according to an analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The study estimates that jabs saved 396,532 lives in England and 24,340 lives in Scotland between December 2020 and March 2023.
As such, they reduced the death toll from Covid by 70 per cent during this period, the analysis found.
Too bad that the rare allergic reactions to the Covid vaccines get all the publicity, while their valuable life-saving goes unremarked upon. It follows a study in the Lancet, which came at the effectiveness from a different angle.
This study estimated that around 7,100 Covid deaths and hospitalisations could have been avoided in the summer of 2022 if the whole UK population had taken up all the vaccines it was eligible for – something that would have cut the death toll that summer by a fifth.He would see that as a negative in his quest to kill off large sections of the community so as to reduce our population
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