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We have the luxury of the warmest March for a century. What plans do the government have in place for a heat wave this summer? Not just a tabloid dream with bikini’s but a Western North America 2021 event. Temperatures in the 40C range? The EU has made plans – I have not heard of any here?
Is it likely? I would guess a 1 in 3 chances enough for the government to put plans in place – rather than plead ‘unprecedented’, unpredictable’ before paying out millions to mates for water sprays!
Do the admin people give a shit about fans? Man City vs Liverpool at Wembley 16/17 April. No direct trains between 15-18 April. Obvious answer is to move to Old Trafford, or even Villa Park or St.James’ Park. Will the FA do the sensible thing? I think most arteries – so no!
I just cut my Hair in the garden – the birds last year took the grey strands for their very hygge nests! Thought. I would pop t-shirt and apron inn the washing machine – oh no my phone was in the pocket of the apron! Fortunately I was playing music and as soon as it went wrong I realised – thank you Apple for making the phone so well.Aggh – not so fast – it will not charge, saying it has detected water – I wait and see?
My god he is pathetic. At PMQ’s he forgets that the nasty party has been in power for 12 years and still seeks to blame Labour for just about everything. He also seems to know more about what the Labour Party would do in power (Which they are not) than he does about his own party’s policies. Brexit has been a disaster and taking our place at the table will be at the OSINS (Organisation of small island nation states) – if they will have us. It would allow the liar to proclaim that we are the worlds number one small island state. Meanwhile leaders in the EU and of the USA will meet this week.
22 March -lookslike being a warm one. Seeds greenhouse beginning to germinate – I have had the heater on overnight. So Santiam Sunrise tomatoes and cherry tomatoes have their first tiny leaves along with the red sunflower. No sign or Ruthje tomatoes yet – I have another 20 seeds coming which I am sharing with Aaron.
| War threatens to cause a global food crisis |
| A crucial portion of the world’s wheat, corn and barley is trapped in Russia and Ukraine because of the war, while an even larger portion of the world’s fertilizers is stuck in Russia and Belarus. The result is that global food and fertilizer prices are soaring, foreshadowing a rise in world hunger. |
| Since the invasion of Ukraine last month, wheat prices have increased by 21 percent, barley by 33 percent and some fertilizers by 40 percent. Compounded with the coronavirus pandemic and China’s worst wheat crop in decades, conditions could further deteriorate, officials warn. Of particular concern is that Ukrainian farms are about to miss critical planting and harvesting seasons. |
| This month, the U.N. said that the war’s impact on the global food market could cause an additional 7.6 million to 13.1 million people to go hungry. In February, U.S. grocery prices were already up 8.6 percent over the previous year, the largest increase in 40 years. |
The sun is out and spring is sprung. BUT we have the most incompetent, corrupt government since ….probably the 18th or 19th Century.
So NI increases, job insecurity (P & O) via hire and rehire / zero hours contracts, police brutality (recent examples must be seen as this), MP wage rises, law changes to make it more difficult to vote or to demonstrate, laws to make compassionate acceptance of refugees more difficult, abandoning environmental laws outlawing the import of hunting trophies, not doing anything about Energy Company profits, refusing to bring water companies into line over pollution, selling off the NHS, undermining freedom of choice in education, making dodgy payments to mates during COVID, lying to Parliament and the Queen. What a list and I amend not an expert. Fucking disgraceful.
He is correct in that both BREXIT and the invasion of the Ukraine are unmitigated disasters for their citizens.