South West water has been named as the most polluting water company with574323 hours of sewage spills – crap pumped into rivers and beaches. Their spokesperson talked bollocks for a while, overflow spills down 17% etc. but refrained from talking about the 39% increase in water billssince 2024. The highest bills in the UK at £726 – have their executives and profits reduced – of course not, the present system is a gift for rich people to get richer. Come on Burnham, if you have to change the law to fuck these bastards, do so.
TIBET
The scale of the disaster is becoming more apparant with every day – now over 1000 dead and the possibility of further horrendous floods are possible. Of course the trash press are only interested in the 30+ Britons who have been killed, why when every loss of life is to be mourned, the press no longer report the executions of Children and medics in Gaza and the West Bank and Lebanon. Is this due to the lack of ‘Brits” killed or the Israeli/Jewish influence. Yes I include ‘Jewish’ as there are many Jews who support Israeli actions, or chose to stay quiet – i.e. complicit. Tens of M.P.s have accepted donations from pro-israeli bodies including any Labour (and Ministers). Burnham promises positive action, but we wait and see; just like we do on proportional representation and donations to parties where he seems to have back tracked after Union pressure, donations from abroad should be a straightforward ban? But politics is a messy business.
I hve a suggestion, as the UN seems to be ever more toothless, why not create an international brigade, made up of a mixture of troops and civilians, who can intercede when dusters occur. All countries would be invited to aprticipate and pay for it, It would have ‘blue hat’ status and ability to call up experts to aid difficult situations (nuclear accidents). TBH it is pathetic that we rely on charities to aid (even with government funding). Unfunding by Trump has probably led to many thousands of deaths – despicable apology for a human!
Beans and pulse sales are up over 7% in the last year. This has to be good for both our selves and the planets, Eating meat will always be an option, but a reduction hs to be welcomed by the NHS.
I LAUGHED
The orange faced child has thrown toys out of his pram and attempted to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America – fucking lunatic! Has he finished yet? The Gulf of Mexico has been renamed Gulf of America. The egoistic fool has already added his name to several federal buildings – next up “the Atlantic Ocean” “New York” or “…… “- suggestions please. I just read that Trump said he would maybe ‘change the names of both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans)”! Perhaps he will insist that African Countries revert to their subservient times and regress to names like South Rhodesia and Gold Coast.
Russia states that the UK is “playing with fire” by supporting Ukraine. Russia may well attack UK bases as it has threatened – but we have no choice but to combat a madman (Putin – who Farage adfmires as a leader!). Europe is under threat and whilst not all Eastern European countries are anti-Putin we should defend the borders of our allies.
Summer holidays are nearly over, it would make more sense to bring them in line with Europe and Scotland and have July off? Temperature examination shows this makes sense. Rain predicted later – I have had it explained, but do not understand the MetO prediction of rain, it says 30% but when I look at the rainfall radar there is no rain anywhere near! So why bother with a fictitious percentage to cover all eventualities. If 30% represents an area that may get rain – I need to see the size of the area! Is it North Somerset, England, UK, Europe? Pointless. Looking at the rainfall radar an hour ago it says we should get decent rain at 11.18 – we will see!
Tomatoes are looking worn out so I doubt I will get many more – is this early, maybe I did not feed/water to their liking – but whatever I have had a supply for at least 8 weeks.
Numbers of asylum seekers in hotels has halved, small boat crossings reduced and yet the trash want to continue with a narrative because they have no other – the deaths in Middlesborough are horrific and a result of austerity (a right wing policy espoused by Reform and Regress).
LUNAR ECLIPSE
A good chance of it being clear here – but will I wake up, then get up at 05.30?
NEPAL (and water supply UK)
200 dead and another 800 missing; (revised totals on Friday am are 400 dead and 1300 missing) another result of climate change; warmer weather may have allowed a big chunk of rock and ice to plumet onto a glacier causing it to break and send a wall of water, ice and debris down a valley. An avalaunche a few weeks ago killed mountaineers in the `Himalayas and a village was destroyed in the alps last year. These events will beome increasingly common as the temperatures warm. Wildfires are sweeping across Northern Algeria. But fires are old news! Next up are floods in the UK as the earth has been baked hard and infiltration lowered. Interesting that a hosepipe ban comes in tonight in this area, they are blaming low flow in the R.Severn – that could be ironic if floods hit the normal places like Tewksbury! Average water use pp in the UK is about 140 ltrs., so add in 10000 houses and 2 per house and we get an extra 1.4m litres per day needed at least? And they have built zero reservoirs and their pipes are still leaking! And all this without considering data centres, but of course it is the citizen who will have to pay, price of water is rising, whilst the fat cat investors who ensure investments are not given priority over their profits. When will our politicans come clean on the need to spend money now, to prevent further crisis.
I have just done some calculations Population increase in the last decade in Bristol and North Somerset is 62000, and @ 140 litres per day that is over 8 million litres a day – what have Bristol water done about this? And it is projected that the increase will be similar over the next 10 years without new data centres (and there are a few proposed).
META
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has agreed to pay up to $17.1bn (£12.57bn) to settle claims brought by 29 US states that its platforms harmed children. What is sad is that it could have done something to protect children before being forced to do so, and that the settlement is all small change to the $trillion business. It is still subject to the courts approval.
CONFUSED
The trash papers tell us that we must prepare for an attack by Russia; I know it probably sells newspapers but really! It would appear that Russia is struggling against the Ukraine. Why do right wing newspapers and parties want to increase military spending, whilst all the time complaining about taxes and welfare. Anybody under the age of 80 in this country has not lived under war conditions – what are they afraid of?
Water compaanies have said they will fight any change to the insolvency laws – But Parliament makes and passes the laws, so the greedy hedge funds will just have to suck it! Just as Trump will have to do in negotiations with Canada. Canada can open trade links with other countries and benefit from the tariff war, Similarly China can do the same if Trump gets uppity about Irans exports of oil to China. The world is not a peaceful place at the moment with Trump, Netmanyahu and Putin strutting like old cocks in a farmyard.
Will we finally get a fair voting system in the UK? Whilst I shudder at the thought of more toss pots from Reform and the other ones, in Parliament, in a democracy they deserve to have their racist incoherrent lies heard. Argumentsabout the need for FPTP and strong government have been totally washed away by the ineptitude of the last government, and to some extent the large majority of the present one.
Fuel bills rise again – and no dumbass, opening up fields in the North Sea will not help, but a war like effort to reduce reliance on fossil fuels would, jobs would be created locally, especially if combined with insulation. Data centres are a difficult problem – we are increasingly becoming dependant in AI and the super computers (until a hacker takes one down!). They use vast amounts of water and electricity – climate change should determine that they are always sited on the coast – the finance these companies make is humungous – so they should have to pay extra to ensure that local people never lose their power supply before an AI company.
Floods predicted across the country. Hey guys, what were you doing in your Geography lessons! I fear that more will become aware of ‘infiltration rates’, ‘saturation point’, ‘overland flow’ and the need for beaver in preference to grouse moors. If it means job loses, so be it.
Burnham also seems ready to speak out about Israels annexation of the West Bank – will he stand up and be counted.
STUPIDITY
War is stupid. Trump and Putin and Netmanyahu are stupid. Thousands die, many of them innocent children, all salve their gigantic egos and deflect attention from thair criminal activities. So should the UK be aiding Ukraine – yes, should we be aiding Trump, absolutely not. Should we take sanctions against Israel – certainly (although there may be hidden costs here!). Trump is also upping tariffs with Canada – the man is a childish moron.
I still have not made my mind up on Andy Burnham – has he the balls to take on Israel, halt new developments in the North Sea, truly sort out the NHS and education in the UK, provide an alternative way of providing for the care sector and asylum seekers. Take on the City of London’s monopoly of, and financial distortion of the housing market. He has the majority to do it all!
Reform have said they will evict tennants in social housing who do not keep their gardens tidy – ha fucking ha! A tidy world is a boring world – perhaps they would use agent orange of wildlife areas? The Telegraph also has a very strange article about paddle boards ruining rivers! 96% of rivers in England deny access to the public and paddle boarders. 75% of river banks are forbidden zones for the public. So the Telegraph runs an article with a header on its front page, for one or two individuals who are put out by paddle boarders. Fucking ridiculous. Surely a responsible journalist would have referred to every river in England being polluted and most a hazard to health.
Trump, again, has IndyCars racing around the streets of Washington – there were no reports of children taken to hospital with breathing difficulties resulting from the pollution (suppressed no doubt). ULEZ has been a great success for London – wood burning stoves are a greater hazard! – with childrens lungs recovering. Wood burning fires in London seems a bit daft! Does London produce much timber for burning? Or are they stripping the area around it for their pleasure? Smog was common during my teenaged years – I think we should have moved on.
TRUMPIAN ECONOMICS
Like everything else he does, his economic policy is both childish and chaotic. American National Debt has exceeded $40trillion (40000000000000), that is over $100000 per man woman and child in America! and by comparison per person the UK national debt is half that. and his war with Iran is costing lots more. His latest tirade with Canada is also fueling a loss of trade and hitting the economy. Companies can cope with a crisis if it is defined, not so easy when the parameters of the problem keep moving. Many parts of the world are moving, increasingly rapidly, to a carbon free future and America is missing out. To a large extent poorer countries have moved from no telephones to MOBs miising out land lines completely, will they do the same with the internal combustion engine and fosil fuel energy production? Most have a solar surplus to exploit – Morocco has been suggested as a source of energy for the UK. The dollar is not seen to be the safe haven it once was (partially due to the ever increasing US debt), for how much longer will commodities be priced in dollars? To suggest that the US economy is faltering would be false, but it is not the fortress it once was. Mid-terms are coming up soon and his blustering is increasing – however America is very conservative and traditional in many ways. It remains red vs blue in most areas. Democrats are under threat from within – Democratic socialists of America are gaining nominations from traditional democrats; MAGA republicans are less dominant but whilst Trump is in power (and functioning reasonably well with his illness), they will continue to occupy the main seats of power. So can we expect a radical change in November? Probably not – knuckle draggers are unaware of their stupidity until too late!
DISRESPECT
The Sun referring the two Police Officers killed in a crash with a cra going the wrong way down a dual carriageway, called them ‘cops’, this is disrespectful. ‘Cops’ is slang and the death in the line of duty should be treated with respect and gravity. This is the second crash of this sort in days – the last was in ireland and has been blamed on TikTok, if this is correct, social media must be made to be responsible for its misdemeanours, either banning or heavily fining. The case in California against Meta is expected to last 6 weeks. The outlook for Meta is not good, they have already been fined $942m in New Mexxico and have also settled out of court with a school district in Kentucky and have another 6000 case being pursued in the courts in the US. The fines could become $billions!
Of course the Mail is still preoccupied with Meghan and Harry! The Express concentrates on concerns regarding the green belt, whilst the Telegraph has a big pic of Harry and leads on a cyber attack on a power plant that has been attributed to Iran. If you play with fire, you may get burnt! (Halt the planes feeding Trumps war from using the UK as an offshore base).
Applications for onshore wind turbines have increased in England, half the cost of gas produced electricity, it makes sense. Most applications are relatively small scale “small is beautiful” and would increase manufacturing and employment in the UK, and strengthen our independance.