The governments Environment Bill is an attempt to reduce domestic environment thresholds following Brexit. the House of Lords have tabled over 100 amendments. The ECJ is to be replaced by an Office for Environmental Protection. Which will weaken not strengthen environmental protection. The government maintains that it will be operationally independent from Defra and ministers will not be able to influence its decisions. Anyone who believes that is a total fool.
FOOTBALL
This weeks game for bragging rights has last weeks winner, Maz, going high for total number of goals (like me), whilst Adam and Andy Logan are being more realistic! The average from the results earlier this week would indicate an expected 40 goal total so I reckon me and Maz might have got over optimistic! 8 of the 14 matches have a unanimous agreement on the result. And the FA cup continues, look out for Jersey Bulls, Sporting Khalsa, Runcorn Linnets, Hartley Wintney, warrington Rylands and Oxhey Jets amongst others!
| World Cup | me | adam | erin | maz | rich | mart | aaron | kate | andy | john | garaeth | ||
| Ireland v Azerbaijan | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | ||
| Ukraine v France | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 | ||
| Faroe Is v Denmark | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-4 | 0-5 | 0-6 | 0-6 | ||
| Scotland v Macedonia | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | ||
| Latvia v Norway | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-2 | ||
| Gibraltar v Turkey | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 0-4 | ||
| Holland v Montenegro | 5-1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 4-2 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 6-0 | 4-0 | ||
| Iceland v N.Macedonia | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | ||
| Germany v Armenia | 6-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 5-2 | 8-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 3-2 | 4-0 | ||
| Spain v Georgia | 6-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 5-2 | 6-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 6-0 | 5-0 | ||
| Switz v Italy | 3-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-5 | 3-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | ||
| Belarus v Wales | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-6 | ||
| Belgium v Czech Rep | 4-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 3-2 | ||
| England v Andorra | 8-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 4-2 | 9-0 | 7-0 | 4-0 | 7-0 | 6-0 | 4-0 | 0-4 | ||
| Total goals scored | 65 | 34 | 36 | 73 | 62 | 48 | 39 | 39 | 33 | 58 | 45 | ||
| Total sending offs | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
OPERATION LONDON BRIDGE – It is not 1 April!
VACCINES
Flu jabs held up due to lack HGV drivers. An acquaintance who has applied for an HGV was told that after a couple of weeks his letter had not been opened due ‘ to staff problems’. I guess that would be an outbreak of paper cuts – it is not difficult to open a letter (unless you know it is a bill you cannot pay!).
MADE ME LAUGH
This article from the Guardian is just what is needed to cheer us up.
CROWD FARMING
Take a look at this web site and if interested in sharing a box of clementines or whatever let me know. Crowd Farming
EARTHQUAKE
We have not had a major earthquake for a while. With climate change glaciers are melting, thus transferring a huge weight of water from the land to the sea. readjustment must be expected.
HURRICANE LARRY
With winds above 130kph this hurricane looks to be heading for Bermuda avoiding the Caribbean and mainland North America.
BREXIT
CocoCola (shortage of cans), McDonald’s and Nando’s all report supply chain problems. Exports of food stuffs to the EU are down by £2billion (with a small increase to the rest of the world). From 1 October imports containing animal products will require health certificates and pre-notification of shipment. Covid cannot be blamed for a shortfall of 100000 HGV drivers or 20000 meat packaging workers or 20000 agricultural workers.
HELP
Sitting in meetings we would play jargon bingo, or I would see how fast I could write the states of America or countries of Africa. However I need help to score a game identifying the most useless ministers, ludicrous statements, complete lies, ineptitude, absence, how do I score this? Not only should the score come up on TV monitors, but also a weekly league table could be shown.