Author: Richard

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WILDLIFE – ESPECIALLY INSECTS

There appears to be a massive decline in our insects which will have a catastrophic impact on life on Earth. Are we being too tidy?

Whilst I understand the impact of agribusiness on the countryside I cannot believe that that alone is responsible. In particular I have noticed fewer flies and wasps around my house in the last couple of years. It made me think about the food recycling boxes we now have, with the contents then being incinerated or whatever. In the past they would have gone in a dustbin, and even if in plastic bags these often split, and were then dumped in landfill.

Now with great efficiency disposal is insect free. I do not want to attract rats, so what to do? Entomologists please advise.

I remember Chris Baines stating that the attraction of the Severn Estuary to wading birds was the invertebrates which lived on the sewage deposited by rivers from both animals and humans!

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STONEHENGE

Many a true word said in jest! For many years I took sixth form students to Pembroke and part of the weeks entertainment was a river study on the Preseli Mts. where the bluestones for Stonehenge come from. I regularly joked that Stonehenge was originally sited there and the English whilst on holiday rather took a fancy to it and nicked it! Apparently this is now an accepted theory (well the bit about it being originally constructed there.!! Guardian article

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MY CAR

Well after 2 and a half months we think we have finally sorted it. I say we, as I paid whilst others did the work! It has been very expensive for something that cost £30 to correct the initial problem. Hopefully that is it for a while – with lockdown I use it so little – I have put petrol in it about 4 or 5 times in the last year! It has cost a lot, but I think it could have been worse with normal charges – I did have to listen to Tory claptrap though!

Slow cooked lamb and beans in marinade with veg and I think rice?

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DEMOCRACY

The City of London Remberancer who sits in the under-gallery of the House of Commons as a parliamentary agent with the permission of the Speaker – who has debatable influence?

The Queen has lobbied the government to change legislation that affects or reveals her personal wealth. The Guardian’s David Pegg tells Anushka Asthana about a paper trail that shows how more than 1,000 laws have been vetted by the Queen or Prince Charles through a secretive procedure before they were approved by parliament. These laws include everything from social security, pensions, race relations and food policy through to obscure rules on car parking charges and hovercraft. But they also include draft laws that affected the Queen’s personal property such as her private estates in Balmoral and Sandringham – and anything involving the nature of her wealth, estimated to run into the hundreds of millions of pounds.

The Queen is likely to be able to make hundreds of £millions from licences for offshore wind. The Crown estate benefits but the treasury then decides how much to take!

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WEATHER AND GARDEN

I think the cold spell is down to La Nina in the autumn! But the Met Office are annoying, sending out yellow warnings without there actually being anything to be concerned about. I think it is called crying wolf! or ‘fire’ or something!

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VACCINES

Wake up Mr Johnson! There are now 3 of your MP’s (Desmond Swayne, Andrew Bridgen, Adam Afriyie) who are linked to those spreading covid conspiracy theories and campaigning for fewer restrictions. . Act decisively for once and take the whip away from them and get them out of the party. Not acting will enable apologists to argue that he is frightened of taking action in case the truth comes out. we are already beginning to see signs of a backlash against vaccination. In some ways the easy part has been accomplished reasonably well, although reports of lower levels of vaccination in BAME communities is concerning.

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