Ok the BBC weather on 5Live says it might rain later, very vague so I check their weather web site and it says 14% chance at 2pm rising to 41% by 7pm. Alexa says 58% chance by 5pm, MetOffice says 30% chance of rain at 10pm and Siri says rain at 4pm and then continuing to the late night.
TAX RISES
It seems that the Brexit promise of £350 million per week for the NHS has not materialised (or has it already been syphoned off for privatised provisions)? Raising National Insurance would be a very unfair way to pay for social care as it would hit the poor hardest – let us see how those who claim climate change reduction costs will hit the poorest most, vote.
EDIBLE FLOWERS
I know this is pretentious nonsense but have just made a salad with chicory flowers (blue), pot marigold (orange) and nasturtium (yellow and red). I might use the marigold flowers to dye some cakes or even cheese straws later! The flowers are lovely so I will limit my consumption and leave most for the insects. I especially like the chicory flowers which have self seeded from one plant last year to 3 this year.
FOOTBALL WEEK 4
TAX
I am retired with a decent pension despite divorce and consider myself to be affluent. why is the Chancellor dithering? It is easy, implement the triple lock pay rise for pensioners and then increase the tax on it. It is so easy – poorer pensioners will be better off (and spending locally) whilst those richer could and should pay more in tax. A no brainer.
CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS
I like the quote ‘there is no need to give two sides of an argument about whether it is raining – just look out of the fucking window”. The fossil fuel industry, having spent $billions supporting spurious scientific claims about climate change is in retreat. However the Tory party is full of selfish pricks.
POSITIVE NEWS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Well done Julia Davies, lawyer and former part owner of Osprey Europe outdoor equipment company. rather than buy and rewind some land herself she has guaranteed a £4 million loan to Dorset Wildlife Trust to obtain and rewild Court Farm near Bere Regis. this loan whatever then enabled the trust to obtain further grants. Let’s hope there are more philanthropists like her to counter decades of harmful farming policies.
GREEN ISSUES
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 |