Bobbies on the beat sets my teeth on edge.You don't want to see yobbos get a clip round the ear?
The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Sun Jan 25, 2026 10:41 amWell, if the media gets its wet dream of a Reform government with Grifter Nigel in charge, I suspect a British ICE will be high on their agenda.
Most of the responses BTL are saying so, you want to create a British-style ICE.
Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:40 am Go for the bureaucratic one. Bobbies on the beat sets my teeth on edge.As I approach 70 years on this rock, I still do not have a recollection of a "bobby on every street corner"
Watchman wrote: ↑Sun Jan 25, 2026 6:05 pmAnd the ones who were on the beat were often the most corrupt bigots in town.Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:40 am Go for the bureaucratic one. Bobbies on the beat sets my teeth on edge.As I approach 70 years on this rock, I still do not have a recollection of a "bobby on every street corner"
Shadow chancellor Mel Stride said the figures showed economic growth was "still flatlining".
The UK economy grew by a faster-than-expected 0.3% in November after car production rebounded and the services sector got a boost.
Growth was driven by an increase in industrial output, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, helped by the return to production at Jaguar Land Rover's facilities following the cyber-attack at the carmaker.
With the Budget on 26 November, there was also an increase in services, particularly in activities such as accounting and tax consultancy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d041pp85mo
UK among 10 countries to build 100GW wind power grid in North SeaWhat does Andy Burnham add to this? Or Zack Polanski, come to think of it?
Energy secretary Ed Miliband says clean energy project is part of efforts to leave ‘the fossil fuel rollercoaster’
The UK and nine other European countries have agreed to accelerate the rollout of offshore windfarms in the 2030s and build a power grid in the North Sea, in a landmark pact to turn the ageing oil basin into a “clean energy reservoir”.
They will build windfarms at sea that directly connect to various countries through high-voltage subsea cables, under plans that are expected to provide 100 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power, or enough electricity capacity to power 143m homes.
The commitment, which will be set out in the “Hamburg declaration”, is expected to be signed on Monday by energy ministers from the UK, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway.
Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Mon Jan 26, 2026 1:26 pm The business confidence rise was in services more generally, wasn't it?I've never heard Polanski really talk about climate change.
In other news, more of that "Reform Lite" stuff.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... -north-sea
UK among 10 countries to build 100GW wind power grid in North SeaWhat does Andy Burnham add to this? Or Zack Polanski, come to think of it?
Energy secretary Ed Miliband says clean energy project is part of efforts to leave ‘the fossil fuel rollercoaster’
The UK and nine other European countries have agreed to accelerate the rollout of offshore windfarms in the 2030s and build a power grid in the North Sea, in a landmark pact to turn the ageing oil basin into a “clean energy reservoir”.
They will build windfarms at sea that directly connect to various countries through high-voltage subsea cables, under plans that are expected to provide 100 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power, or enough electricity capacity to power 143m homes.
The commitment, which will be set out in the “Hamburg declaration”, is expected to be signed on Monday by energy ministers from the UK, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway.
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