With speed up to 110kph and 25mm of rainfall this tropical storm is dying down and although he rainfall could cause problems should not cause a major problem. There are no more imminent tropical. storms at the moment.
CHILDREN VACCINATION
WEEK 5 FOOTBALL
COOKING
Supermarket delivery today, so some meat for the first time for ages. Roast chicken with lemon, baked potato (I am still debating, maybe rice instead), sauce (spinach, onion, garlic, chives, thyme, red pepper, Szechuan pepper and tomato) I think. Bit of a late surge on the tomato front, and chillies looking good, orange and yellow.
RANDOM THOUGHT
I have a lot of indoor plants – 60+ – and probably use about 3ltrs a day in watering them which is presumably either evaporated or transpired. What impact does this have on my living environment?
BREXIT
The proBrexit lobby has an easy time during Covid. But now the shit is really hitting the fan. Customs duties up by £600 million this year. Labour shortages across the board but especially in agriculture where crops are rotting in the fields, lorry drivers (100000) short, nurses (NHS shortages of approx 80000), care homes 120000 shortfall.
Insulate Britain
Campaigners bring M25 to a halt this morning. Forget the anti campaign who state the pollution caused by 10 mile tailbacks. The campaign is in the headlines – it really is shameful that we have not acted o this years ago.
ROAD PRICING
Government is in a bind over loss of tax as more cars go electric. Estimates of the tax loss are £10 billion by 2030 and £30 billion by 2040. It can hardly put tax on electric cars, at least until they are the norm, and cannot replace the fuel tax as electricity is ubiquitous. We already have road pricing of sorts with the congestion charge in London, and the Motorway Toll road.
ENVIRONMENT
it is time we got some accountability from government. it was sadly better when we had nameless bureaucrats in Europe running the show. There have been numerous International Conferences and Treaties over the years, but none have resulted in accountability. We expect teachers to report on the progress made under their tuition in numerous subjects and social ares. Why not the same for each ministry.