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Drizzle olive oil on to lemon juice and mix – then add the rest and the lamb and leave for 12 hours
Angela Raynor does Raab!
How embarrassing for Raab! He should resign asap!
It looks like there will be a deluge of appointments to the over. stuffed upper chamber. Labour will be unlikely to rock. the boat of they win the next election – but they should, and fast. Immediate action should be to limit admittance to 3 or 5 years. That would thin out the numbers and create a great discussion. Obviously hereditary peers would be gone. There maybe a case for some judges to be appointed for longer to ensure the legality issues are properly dealt with – but this could be worked out with caveats to ensure neutrality. There would also need to be some 4 nations issues addressed.
But for sure we do not heed 700+ lords of whom many are wasters.
The United Kingdom desrves a House of Lords (better names?) that can continue to advance the leagality and fairness of future legislation without partisan voting. I have been impressed by debates I have heard in the HoL – intelligent nuanced comments that did not rely on the need to appease bigoted voters. It should not be abolished!
Look at what the Conservatives have done. NHS at breaking point – in 2010 we were highly regard around the world for our health service – the tories have (deliberately?) run it into the ground increased privatisation. Education is being pushed the same way. Libraries and swimming pools shut. Councils are running up debts.
At the sasme time the nations finances have been trashed. By leaving the EU they have lessened our prestige abroad. By promoting the incompetent to the Cabinet and higher they have undermined the whole political system.
They should call a general election before they do anymore damage.
Latest population prediction from the Club of Rome is that the world population will peak at 8.8 billion and thenstart to fall rapidly. This is more positive than previous estimates, and certainly better than the 10 billion estimates that were projected a few years back. The environment and wildlife might recover, however the growing consumption of humans will continue to be a problem. As will our inability to face up to climate change.
The retirement of Nicola Sturgeon is a gift for Labour. The SNP is in disarray and after 5? winning elections complacency had grown. And it is rather ironic that the vote for Yiusaf was 52-48, a figure which John Grace has called a nemisis for the nation.
With the Conservtives in Scotland dwindling in numbers the opportunity is there for Starmer to strengthen Labour in the Central Lowlands. If Sunak says he will fight to retain the union it means there is no battle to be had anymore – he can do nothing and claim a victory as the SNP self-implode. For Labour there is the opportunity to win possibly tens of seats. They could also do better in NI in the form of the SDLP if it can win those not polarised by sectarian nonsense.
As we come out of what has been a fairly dull and miserable winter – spring will be here soon, although winters departure is that of a begrudging teenager being told to go to bed – we enter a spring and summer when light and hope should be poured upon us by the opposition parties.
The Conservatives are showing their colours early – culture wars, tough on crime, tough on migrants. All policies that seek to divide and encourage hate. The tough on crime bit I have not commented on before. Most, if not all of Sunaks blathering, was already illegal. The police and the courts cannot cope with the legislation they are supposed to enforce already. More bullshit about police numbers will not help, how many will be sacked if proper review of policing takes place? What vetting of new recruits will take place? Nitrous oxide consumption is already illegal, so new words will make squiddlydo difference. Graffeti and fly tipping are alreasdy illegal and common! House parties, although annoying, are surely less important than solving theft and burglary. Will the tories be able to say by the next election “WE HAVE ……” Rather than “WE WILL….” . They have had 13 years to sort things out how they would like them and have screwed up badly – time to let others have a go.
Who do they invite to their focus groups? I think it is people who would be annoyed if “**” happeneded to them, even though it is highly unlikely! Why would anyone here care about the poor refugees risking their lives to get here without the media winding them up. They will tell people to be offended about the football team taking the knee – when they have never seen a fooitball game in their lives. They will be offended by … oh shut up Parish!
Warm wraps. Drizzle olive oil and balsamic vinegar over chopped salad of lettuce/tomatoes/beetroot/cucumber. Marinate diced lamb overnight with olive oil/wine vinegar/garlic/mustard/chilli/coriander powder – dunk into fine breadcrumbs and fry in hot oil. Combine salad and lamb in warm wraps.
Meat can be replaced with cheese- baked camembert sounds good!
A recent report regarding the deep sea mining of essential minerals will play havoc with the marine ecosystem. Electric cars and wind turbines and computers need these minerals. The petrochemical companies must welcome this report as it diverts attention from what they have done to the atmosphere. Agrochemical/agriindustrial companies are doing the same to. our land. Does the human beings captacious greed and stupidity know no bounds?
The Daily Mail is gearing up for the culture war – or is it a war on culture – or just a war against people who are not bigoted racists, misogenysts and homophobes?
120, mostly English, barristers have said they will not act for prosecutors of climate activists, or fossil fuel companies. The Fail calls them woke. Being Woke gets better and better! To being a caring person without too many prejudices I can now add being a person of principle and proud to call out big business regarding profit versus life on Earth.
Next week the government will change tack from a green future to one of energy security. This means it will do whatever the petro-chemical companies say rather than invest in a green future for our children. Baastards.