When it was reported on the radio news yesterday they said “jumped into the engine”. I cannot find anything else to confirm if that’s true. Either way it’s horrific.
The realistic prospect of an armed conflict with Russia is what has changed.
Whether we cannot afford it is irrelevant, we may have no choice. We couldn’t afford it in 1939 and it wasn’t long ago that we’d only finished paying for our WW2 debts.
Unless something drastic happens that Putin comes to his senses we are in most likelihood heading for very dark times.
For clarity, I have not stated any excuse whatsoever, certainly not for Tories, but rather a reflection on where we are at present, where we could possibly be in the future and what has happened previously.
For a few years now I’ve thought that the food industry will feature as the next controversy as tobacco has been. Years ago I read an article about High Fructose Corn Syrup, its history and its negative effect on the liver. I can’t find the original but this one comes close. Ever since I’ve avoided HFCS.
The bottom line is that these ingredients are produced to make food production cheaper but at the expense of a healthy diet. Industry sector lobbying helps these ingredients to the market.
The advisory, which also includes French, Canadian and British authorities, says that pro-Russia activists are “targeting and compromising” operational technology platforms that underpin wastewater and water treatment systems, at times posing physical threats to safety....
I’m not 5G enabled yet so theoretically 4G+ should be my fastest connection speed. However, on O2 I find that it’s effectively the same as having no connection at all, and often end up shifting down to 3G just to get some connection....
I found them to be total rubbish in my area and was tied in for 12 months. But someone else in another area will find them brilliant. The only provider that I found having the best decent consistency was EE. But I refuse to go into a 12month+ contract with these new rip off mid term price increases.
There was a time that the UK government had China involved in the development of a new nuclear power station, Sizewell C. They corrected their mistake.
Competition was always going to happen it was just a question of when and to what degree. The established car makers weren’t going to sit around and watch Tesla take their market share. But the rise of Chinese car manufacturers hitting the EV market has been swift and brutal. These are huge companies that are generally unheard of in the West such as BYD.
Edit, the link is almost a year old so I suspect figures have changed a fair bit since.
Here in the UK the price of a delivered newspaper is as high as £3.40 midweek (The Financial Times).
Your typical weekly rag could set you back between £7.80 to £22 per week.
The last time I bought a newspaper was about 10 years ago and that was to light a fire! Yet I avoid pay wall as I do not feel I’m getting as much as a physical paper.
After being dismissed from his position as English-language government spokesperson, Eylon Levy launched a new crowdfunding campaign on the JGive website in order to fund a private international advocacy project under his leadership, which will promote his and other spokespersons’ independent public diplomacy efforts. Four...
It’d be interesting to know what percentage of those that voted for Brexit actually knew what the Customs Union was. I suspect incredibly low. Yet Brexit got through on jingoism, populism and downright lies, oh and greed.
Person dies after falling into jet engine at Schiphol airport (www.theguardian.com)
Aircraft operated by KLM was preparing to depart when incident occurred at busy Amsterdam hub...
Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service (www.bbc.com)
“Deny, denounce, delay”: The battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods (arstechnica.com)
Marjorie Taylor Greene pushes wild conspiracy theory about Slovakia PM’s shooting: ‘No wonder they shot him’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Teenagers could help fill train driver shortage | BBC News (www.bbc.com)
US warns of Russian hackers targeting operational technology in water systems across North America and Europe (www.nextgov.com)
The advisory, which also includes French, Canadian and British authorities, says that pro-Russia activists are “targeting and compromising” operational technology platforms that underpin wastewater and water treatment systems, at times posing physical threats to safety....
Does anyone else find that 4G+ on O2 is awful?
I’m not 5G enabled yet so theoretically 4G+ should be my fastest connection speed. However, on O2 I find that it’s effectively the same as having no connection at all, and often end up shifting down to 3G just to get some connection....
China hacked Ministry of Defence, Sky News learns (news.sky.com)
MPs will be told of a massive data breach involving the Ministry of Defence later today, targeting service personnel....
Ukraine can strike inside Russia with British weapons, UK’s Cameron says (www.politico.eu)
UK’s top diplomat also pledges £3 billion of annual military help to Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes.’...
Disability benefit claims can’t be made on ‘unverifiable assertions’, argues Sunak (www.independent.co.uk)
People with depression or anxiety could lose sickness benefits, says UK minister (www.theguardian.com)
Tesla’s profits sink as the company struggles with cooling demand (www.theverge.com)
Capel Manor College: Boys 11 and 12 sentenced for animal cruelty (www.bbc.co.uk)
Peter Murrell charged with embezzlement in SNP finance probe (www.bbc.co.uk)
Tory MP suspended over alleged misuse of campaign funds (www.bbc.co.uk)
Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls (www.theatlantic.com)
Farmers warn of first year without harvest since Second World War (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Israeli advocacy star Eylon Levy launches private public diplomacy project (www.ynetnews.com)
After being dismissed from his position as English-language government spokesperson, Eylon Levy launched a new crowdfunding campaign on the JGive website in order to fund a private international advocacy project under his leadership, which will promote his and other spokespersons’ independent public diplomacy efforts. Four...
President Javier Milei fires 24,000 government workers in Argentina: ‘No one knows who will be next’ (english.elpais.com)
## Public sector employees denounce that the cuts will put many state functions on hold...
Russia says NATO, at 75, has returned to Cold War mindset (www.reuters.com)
Food price fears as Brexit import charges revealed (www.bbc.com)
The government has revealed how much companies will have to pay to import foods from the EU due to Brexit....