Is just a load of statistics, and we all know that there lies, damn lies, and statistics. So is the economy doing well? GDP is up for 5th month in a row. Or badly as it is still 2.2% below pre-pandemic levels. Investment grew by 2.4% but this was 15.3%below pre-pandemic levels. Worth noting that economy was already suffering for a couple of months before the pandemic due to a slow down in China.
2021-22 Premier League Predictions
Predictor | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alan Shearer | Chelsea | Man City | Man Utd | Liverpool |
Fara Williams | Chelsea | Man City | Man Utd | Liverpool |
Sue Smith | Chelsea | Man City | Man Utd | Liverpool |
Chris Sutton | Chelsea | Man City | Liverpool | Man Utd |
Rachel Brown-Finnis | Chelsea | Man City | Liverpool | Man Utd |
Matthew Upson | Chelsea | Man City | Liverpool | Man Utd |
Rob Green | Chelsea | Liverpool | Man City | Man Utd |
Martin Keown | Man City | Chelsea | Liverpool | Man Utd |
Micah Richards | Man City | Chelsea | Liverpool | Man Utd |
Stephen Warnock | Man City | Chelsea | Liverpool | Man Utd |
Danny Murphy | Man City | Liverpool | Chelsea | Man Utd |
Mark Lawrenson | Man City | Liverpool | Chelsea | Man Utd |
Ashley Williams | Man City | Chelsea | Man Utd | Liverpool |
Clinton Morrison | Man City | Chelsea | Man Utd | Liverpool |
Michael Brown | Man City | Chelsea | Man Utd | Liverpool |
Pat Nevin | Man City | Chelsea | Man Utd | Liverpool |
Leon Osman | Man City | Chelsea | Man Utd | Liverpool |
Nedum Onuoha | Man City | Man Utd | Liverpool | Chelsea |
Lindsay Johnson | Man City | Man Utd | Chelsea | Liverpool |
Jermaine Beckford | Man City | Chelsea | Man Utd | Leicester |
TOMATO RECIPES
I am getting a kg a day so some recipes tomato salsa, tomato soup, tomato and basil pasta, pan con tomate, roasted tomato orzo, tomato chutney, roasted cherry tomatoes.
DELIVEROO
7.8 million active monthly users, and it does have significant rivals. Living in a rural area I tend to go and buy my annual takeaway! But the £2 million yearly income from takeaway deliveries – oh I live in a new world I do not always understand. My belief is that a take out was a treat or an emergency, now it seems to be the norm.
ONE MILLION
One million plastic bottles enter the oceans every minute! Fuck.
ALARMISM
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is accused of alarmism. I should hope that alarm is what it has generated. The latest heat re old is a report of 48.8C from Italy. Fires in California, Algeria, Greece maybe partially due to poor management over the last 100 years (possibly a result of population growth in these areas), but they. have been exacerbated by the record high temperatures.
Another, contradictory comment is one about the increase in eco-refugees. Millions of people have been displaced due to climate change, and this is likely to increase exponentially over the next decades regardless of COP26. Sea level rising is a process that takes years to initiate and years to reverse (if possible?). The warming of the oceans has taken place and water will this expand. This combined with the melting of ice on Antarcticas and Greenland will raise sea level over the next century. Pacific Islands and parts of the Maldives amongst others will be gradually swamped. Plans are already being made for a new Thames Barrier, managed retreat is a reality of coastline management in many parts of the UK (and the Netherlands). Signs of stress are appearing in coral reefs which at present protect coastlines from erosion by storms.
And the decline in insects in Europe is marked. I am not sure if this is related to climate change but something is affecting the ecosystem. My garden should be a butterfly paradise with lots of different insect friendly plants in flower. Apart from a few bees, small white butterflies and occasional visits from other species it is fairly lifeless. My trip down the motorway did not result in an insect graveyard on the front as it would have done 30 years ago.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Lots of cliched comments come to mind, acorns and oak trees, etc. But it really is about us all making a start on making our lifestyles more sustainable. My recommendations for easy starts are:
Stop mowing parts of the lawn you never use; reduce your meat based meals by 1 or 2 per week; re-use containers, bags and boxes where possible; share appliances with neighbours where possible.
ROYAL COVER UP
Andrew is a nasty little man hiding behind privilege and favour as he has done all his life. I am sure we will never know the full account of his complicity in the sex trafficking of which Epstein was accused. The Royal Family, as it likes to be known, will use its considerable influence to ensure that his nefarious antics remain unpublished, and the details of the multi-million $ settlement are never revealed.
EXAM RESULTS
Record results for public schools, not so good for those less well off. Now is an opportune moment to assess what exams are actually for? the one size fits all model is way past its sell by date. Basically the present system is designed to ensure some students fail – there is no logic in this.