Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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I prefer budgie smugglers
I prefer budgie smugglersI prefer peanut smugglers
Believe it when I see it. Though I think it'd come across more like Hugh Grant in Love Actually.
Were those around Thatcher in 1982 briefing the media that one of her motivations was electoral if it even was?
I wonder how much of that is because of increasing energy costs?A pint of milk was 40p in 2015 and is 65p now.
A pint of beer was £3.40 in 2015 and is £4.80 now.
Could there be an udder reason?I wonder how much of that is because of increasing energy costs?
That might be true, it's a bit of a chicken and egg situation really isn't it? Do the lobby elicit the stories or do the backbenchers elicit the lobby?Don’t think we were obsessed with reporting everything to fall out of a backbenchers mouth in 1982 TBF.
If you have genetically modified cows to produce beer you could be on to a winner.Could there be an udder reason?
Sadly the Stella Sea Cow is now extinct.If you have genetically modified cows to produce beer you could be on to a winner.
I suppose the Stella sea calves would get pissed every time they suckled, leading to cirrhosis of the liver and ultimately a premature death. A self limiting marvel I suppose.Sadly the Stella Sea Cow is now extinct.
A pint of milk was 5p in 1975A pint of milk was 40p in 2015 and is 65p now.
A pint of beer was £3.40 in 2015 and is £4.80 now.
Wishful thinking if it’s true. It’s not quite the same as mobilising the country in defence of our sovereign territory against an aggressor.
In what regard? That the BBC is insulting the intelligence of people once again bowing to the Israel lobby. If it believes there is a conflict of interest, tell people in the opening part of the documentary and let them judge for themselves.BBC apologises for 'serious flaws' over Gaza documentary
The documentary was pulled last week after it emerged its 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official.www.bbc.co.uk
Classic BBC. Not taking any sides on this political mess, but I'm not sure how so many people can be so naive really.
In what regard? That the BBC is insulting the intelligence of people once again bowing to the Israel lobby. If it believes there is a conflict of interest, tell people in the opening part of the documentary and let them judge for themselves.
I don't think you've read the article.
I have. Was anything in the documentary not factual?I don't think you've read the article.
Out of interest have you seen the documentary in question? I haven't, might give it a watch when I have time as links are all over social media.I don't think you've read the article.
Will need to wait to see if anything actually changes but this would be welcome. My GP had online booking pre-covid and it worked really well, especially for non-urgent stuff. You could book weeks, or even months, in advance and pick which GP you saw.Patients will be able to book more appointments online and request to see their usual doctor under a new contract agreed with England's GPs, the government has said.
The deal gives an extra £889m a year to general practices, as well as a reduction in red tape and targets that ministers hope will mean doctors are freed up to see more patients.
Will need to wait to see if anything actually changes but this would be welcome. My GP had online booking pre-covid and it worked really well, especially for non-urgent stuff. You could book weeks, or even months, in advance and pick which GP you saw.
It was switched off at the start of covid when obv appointments stopped but never returned. Was run via the patient access system so presumably was available to all GPs.
The thing that would also greatly benefit all of us that work is bringing back the evening and weekend appointments but since Blair changed GP contracts there doesn't seem to have been any mention of that.
Heard on the radio a while back that there's an ever increasing number of GPs out of work. Seems GP practices, now of course not often run by GPs but by private companies, were offered an incentive to employ nurse practitioners, with the idea of them being able to take some of the load of GPs.Just need to employ significantly more GPs to enable more practices to opt in to provide OOH services
He had Trump on toast in the Whitehouse, he really didKeir Starmer to carry out largest cut to UK overseas aid in history
NGOs accuse prime minister of following US by accepting ‘false choice’ of cutting aid to fund defencewww.theguardian.com
You just love to see it.
He had Trump on toast in the Whitehouse, he really did
The problem is that the energy companies are allowed to charge on the basis of the highest cost of production, fossil fuels, not the actual or the lowest. Madness.Seems like the more "green energy" there is, the higher the prices.
This year = 42.3% renewable
10 years ago = 14.2% renewable
Standing Charge Cap now: 53p a day (£193 a year)
Avg Standing Charge 2015: 20p a day (£73 a year)
This year the cap = 27.03p per kWh
Average Electricity Tariff (2015) = 15.1p per kWh
At what point do the prices start to go down (for the end users)?
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It's not a statement of fact as you don't know why or when energy prices are going to go down.
Jammy boomersA pint of milk was 5p in 1975
A pint of beer was 20p in 1975
If memory serves.
Hard to believe Starmer coukd ever be as strong and macho as that?Believe it when I see it. Though I think it'd come across more like Hugh Grant in Love Actually.
OR......The problem is that the energy companies are allowed to charge on the basis of the highest cost of production, fossil fuels, not the actual or the lowest. Madness.
The government, or at least idiot Milliband, blame the high energy prices on fluctuating gas and oil prices in the international market. Stop concreting over fracking wells and opposing new drilling for oil and gas so we are producing enough to meet our needs*. We have got judges who are now reversing previous approvals on the basis that impact assessments have only taken the carbon footprint of establishing the new facilities, and not included the carbon footprint of the gas / oil produced. They don’t seem to grasp that that quantity of oil / gas will be used regardless of whether it is produced in the UK or elsewhere.
*Someone will be along soon to tell me that isn’t the way international markets work and that extra gas and oil produced in the UK wouldn’t be reserved for the UK. That may be the case, but history would suggest that if more of a commodity appears on the international market then prices fall : if less prices rise.
Ive been looking at fixing my prices. Octopus energy must be making a fortune, They charge at a similar rate to everyone else (I.e. based on fossil fuel use, where their fossil fuels use is 0%).
Jammy coffin dodgers.Jammy boomers
BBC credibility isn’t tanking, it has tanked.There was also the issue where there was a documentary that deliberately mistranslated what a young girl was saying. Specifically, the word ‘Jihad’ was mistranslated to ‘struggle’ and ‘Jews’ to ‘Israeli forces’.
This alters the meaning of what was being said completely. It obfuscates a meaning that was insidious and this issue, among many, is why the BBC’s credibility as a gatekeeper of truth and impartiality is tanking.
I agree with a lot if what you say, especially around changing the pricing rules, that could have been done already and the Octopus situation is more than ample justification for the government to have legislated already. Had they done so, that would have removed one issue of constant justified criticism for failure to deliver. Of course, it would also probably have limited the potential for windfall taxation of said energy companies. I wonder why the government haven’t taken action?OR......
we could invest shitloads in an already cheaper per unit cost form of clean energy that would make us perpetually energy secure. In the meantime change the rules so the cost is dependent on the cost of production. People will quickly change over when they have to pay the actual cost of each type of energy. Demand for renewables goes up, so supply will go up to meet the demand. Then you can get better economies of scale and the cost of the infrastructure, such as solar panels and heat pumps, which is the biggest issue for most when considering switching, will drop significantly.
We should already be almost solely using renewables and the only reason we aren't is because people keep on giving in to the powerful oil lobby and deciding to invest money in spending money looking for more finite reserves of fossil fuels that are immensely destructive to get at.
The only future is one which uses clean, renewable power and doing anything other than this is futile. Even China are going big on renewables recently and they've still got a shit ton of fossil fuels available. They know where the future lies.
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