[mattomac]

Kruz is right, I’ll criticise anyone who seems to demonstrate a blind eye to certain atrocities while supporting one specific one but the laws are what you make them. It is up to the press to highlight why this group were arrested in the first place.

However arresting people however silly they are for showing support for a group they don’t seem to have much knowledge of does look heavy handed.

The problem with all this is currently is those who pretend this organisation did nothing wrong or that all Jews are looking to wipe out Palestinians and if they don’t say anything then they are complicit. It’s utter nonsense and this has now spread to music artists or actors who say nothing.

My position has always been clear, a two state solution, for those who caused the terror attacks to be sentenced and for the likes of Netahanyu who is putting his own people at harm to be removed from office.

However I was told this is dreamy and complicit, so I don’t bother saying anything anymore.

This group whoever they are need to be held accountable for what they did regarding the army base, potentially their links should be considered and maybe those supporting them instead of actual palestian civilians should reflect on themselves. However it’s sort of made martyrs of the the slightly thick.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Don't you think it's something to consider? I mean, a key figure thinks that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is fine and very likely has links to Russian intelligence. I'm sure there's nothing dubious about that at all.

It would certainly merit investigation rather than rejection.

[Tubby Isaacs]

We’re always told to follow the money, especially it seems, when “Zionists” are donating. So not unreasonable to follow the money back to this chap.

[Tubby Isaacs]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... c-spending

A jittery No 10 now seeks the market’s approval for everything. The result? Cruel cuts and a chronic fear of desperately needed public spending

Why might the government worry about the markets? It's a mystery.

[Tubby Isaacs]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... k-announce

EDF will invest £1.1bn in Sizewell C plant, France and UK announce

Sounds positive. So what negativity can we get into the story?

In 2007, EDF predicted that electricity from Hinkley Point C would be cooking Christmas turkeys in 2017, but the company said last year that the station might not be finished until 2031.

To a point, Lord Cobber. Construction didn't start till 2017, something probably entirely down to EDF.

And here's the inevitable local campaigner. This will be usual standard, will it? Oh yes.

Alison Downes, of the campaign group Stop Sizewell C, criticised EDF’s “very minor stake in Sizewell C”.

“Such reliance on France for so lengthy and uncertain a project delivery undermines UK energy security. With much of the expensive ‘kit’ for Sizewell C being constructed in France, who does this project really benefit?” she said.

There you have it. Relying on France is a threat to energy security. And some dumb protectionism too.

[Boiler]

Maybe these folk want to return to the days when every city had its own power station and we had no National Grid (so no pylons, yippee!) so if your local power station had a fault, your city blacked out. Oh, and mains voltage and frequency were entirely at the whim of the plant operator.

[Dalem Lake]

The Guardian really let anyone write any old shit for them these days, don't they? There's this piece from some Conservative Home guy about how Tebbit was some kind of working-class hero and provides literally no examples of it. Just waffle.

[Youngian]

Ben Elton on Tebbit's "I'm just an ordinary bloke" shtick; 'Maybe in Transylvania he's an ordinary bloke.'

[The Weeping Angel]

The Guardian really let anyone write any old shit for them these days, don't they? There's this piece from some Conservative Home guy about how Tebbit was some kind of working-class hero and provides literally no examples of it. Just waffle.

At least it wasn't as bad as piece in CapX.

https://capx.co/the-greatest-prime-mini ... -never-had

Perhaps all this unpleasantness – and much more – could have been avoided, had Tebbit stood to succeed Thatcher in 1990. What a glorious decade the 1990s could have been under Prime Minister Tebbit. No Maastricht – and hence no EU and no Brexit down the line. The era of mass migration would have been at least postponed, if not foreclosed. Public sector reform would have continued apace. Everyone would have had the right to a fair trial in the shadow of the noose. And perhaps ‘Old England’ would have endured a little longer. Alas, for what might have been.

[Bones McCoy]

The Guardian really let anyone write any old shit for them these days, don't they? There's this piece from some Conservative Home guy about how Tebbit was some kind of working-class hero and provides literally no examples of it. Just waffle.

At least it wasn't as bad as piece in CapX.

https://capx.co/the-greatest-prime-mini ... -never-had

Perhaps all this unpleasantness – and much more – could have been avoided, had Tebbit stood to succeed Thatcher in 1990. What a glorious decade the 1990s could have been under Prime Minister Tebbit. No Maastricht – and hence no EU and no Brexit down the line. The era of mass migration would have been at least postponed, if not foreclosed. Public sector reform would have continued apace. Everyone would have had the right to a fair trial in the shadow of the noose. And perhaps ‘Old England’ would have endured a little longer. Alas, for what might have been.

[Tubby Isaacs]

This idea that John Major didn't do any public sector reforms is absolute bollocks,

[Tubby Isaacs]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... -172016349

Andy Beckett turns up below the line here to challenge established facts (the OP providing a link) that average earners pay less tax than other places.

I'm sceptical about the assertion that average earners in Britain are paying relatively low taxes. That may apply to income tax, but VAT is high, and council tax is high and rising fast for average earners in some parts of the country. You could also argue that the high and rapidly rising cost of services from privatised utilities is a kind of tax - the Conservatives effectively offloaded the cost of modernising vital infrastructure onto consumers, while allowing the new owners of the utilities to take the profits.

There you go. If challenged, "I'm skeptical"- ie vibes. VAT isn't high compared with most countries, nor are property taxes. Some waffle about privatized utilities too- who owns them is separate from the decision to make bill payers pay for the costs of upgrading them.

The issue we have is that we're no better off from those relatively low taxes because our spare cash just goes into the housing market instead.

[The Weeping Angel]

Air conditioning is bad.

https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2 ... st-fans-uk

Do I need air conditioning?
If you’re in the UK, honestly, no. It’s tempting to turn your bedroom into a walk-in fridge on a hot day, but fans are great and use much less electricity (and therefore money and carbon) than air con. Unless you’re on a renewable tariff, electricity use accelerates climate breakdown.

[Killer Whale]

It is, though.

[The Weeping Angel]

How is it bad?

[Malcolm Armsteen]

How is it bad?

1, High energy consumption leads to global climate change
2. Use of CFCs which can, and do, leak into the atmosphere. See above,
3. Noticeable impact on global warming, therefore.
4. As the planet warms there is a feedback loop; hotter temp means more demand for AC, means more warming.
5. Fans are more efficient and less damaging.
6. Potential health concerns include respiratory issues, skin dryness, and increased susceptibility to colds and allergies.

[The Weeping Angel]

1, High energy consumption leads to global climate change

No pumping C02 into the atmosphere leads to global climate change decarbonisation is what you do to the grid.

[Bones McCoy]

This idea that John Major didn't do any public sector reforms is absolute bollocks,

I believe Major did NHS reforms adding something like 6 billion to costs of managing its "dynamic efficient" internal market.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

1, High energy consumption leads to global climate change

No pumping C02 into the atmosphere leads to global climate change decarbonisation is what you do to the grid.

Do you want to try some punctuation in that, please. I can't understand it.

[Youngian]

Improving ventilation wouldn't be a bad thing for millions of flat tenants. Those pictures of families having to live with black mould in their flats which we assume are terrible properties owned by negligent landlords or councils. Quite often it's a result of very good insulation but nowhere for damp air to disperse from washed clothes hanging. People don't want to leave windows open for long in the winter.