OneGuyFromBarlick

UK could face daily energy blackouts in winter. This story cropped up some months ago and we were categorically assured it would never happen. But now some on the Anti-growth Coalition have stepped in in the shape of the National Grid. Not to worry we could always burn some coal (imported) and in 2...

I have something bladed like that somewhere (or did , might have lost it due to storage issues). Think it was a grapefruit scoop of some kind , but placed on a wooden stool ? Tom's looks like it had been something for melting metals for casting at some time in its life.

A rather unflattering tory party photograph of Liz Truss on the front of "The Times" today. And why did she wear red ?

Kwateng blamed the national mouring period for lack of time for detail and analysis of the mini-budget last night. Dep PM Nadine Dorries speech apparently sent members to sleep, but she is promising some kind of nationwide Dental Care recognition system to enable flexibility of where dental staff ca...

Disruption is the Price for Success

Shades of If It Isnt Hurting it Isnt Working

IF I understood Truss's latest interview with Peston , the Top Rate of Income Tax elimination had become a distraction, and anyway was only a minor bit of the tax amending proposals. That struck me as odd as if the proposal had been welcome by the tory faithful this would have been the flagship poli...

There is a pretty strong normal cold going about too ( poss enough to finish some people off ). Seems to be more in city areas where we all rub shoulders with one another but any indoor event will be a risk too ).

A piece in Private Eye detailing the enormous salaries being paid to the CEOs of the major water companies. Even the ones dropping sewage in our rivers. They should get no bonuses at all until that practice is stopped. No sooner had I written that when I heard about to fines Offwat is imposing on s...

I'm sure I'm just being a bit thick here but, the £400 government handout, to help with energy costs, is being paid out to consumers via their electricity account. The communication from Eon says 'Fixed Direct Debit customers will receive the money automatically as a deduction to their monthly Dire...

I think he has worked out that Not Going says a lot about the government, more than if he went and said words of any kind.

Might be worth trying this in the outdoor bottle gas pizza oven

Even the FT supports uprating benefits by increase in earnings rather than CPI FT via MSN The article notes that in work benefits have risen as a proportion of GDP - was that not part of Gordon Brown's income distribution with Tax Credits ? (maybe its the walloping increase in Housing Benefit=Landlo...

I dont agree with Keir Starmer, I think he fights the wrong battles and I dislike his views on Corbyn, but he seems the best in the Parliamentary Labour Party. A Party led by Allan Johnson and David Milliband might have done well and delivered a moderate left agenda but voters of all kinds ditched t...

You could argue (oil in Ajerbajan aside) that Ukraine was the key driver in the Soviet Union industry and technology post WW2.

Trusses declared Aim is More Jobs at Better Pay. The less declared is a big reduction in the scope of the state and the welfare state payments. The bankers on (Black?) Friday took fright at the mini-statement being unfunded, which was a bit daft as the kick in of most tax cuts would be in 2023. One ...

This is good news, although it's about `super-agers' it could help all of us in the future... `Study offers clues to super-agers' brilliant brains' LINK `US scientists believe they may be closer to answering why certain elderly people retain rare cognitive ability comparable to people 30 years youn...

Age is just a number and in itself it never killed anybody. There was always a strong rumour that King George VI was helped on his way and the report of his death announced much later. So Queen Elizabeth II woke up that morning and said to herself,'Bloody hell' I'm 96 I'm off this afternoon. All ni...

PanBiker wrote: ↑30 Sep 2022, 16:20 Indeed but it does sound weird having your name all over the national news.

I have often wondered why they attribute names to them, why not just an incrementing number. H235 or similar followed by H236 etc would be fine.

Of course if it were truly a rare event it would be Iain with two eyes

Green parties have done well on the Continent so perhaps ours will begin to gather more supporters. The party's co-leader Adrian Ramsay said oil and gas companies were "flourishing" while "families struggle to pay their bills" and he added that money and powers were currently in...

Interesting that the supposedly rural underinvested north is marginally faster than crowded london. I suppose fewer users though capacity is capacity just add more mux processors crudely. Always found rural telephone exchanges ( mortonhampsted, otley) fascinating buildings compared to the london meg...

Omicron and Omega. Something hidden in Greek that was to do with the prounounciation of Long and Short "O" sound O Micron - Little O O Mega - Big or Long O I suppose something had to come last in the alphabet but never could work out why it was Omega - I just think it got added later for t...

The media are reporting the economy has grown by 0.2%. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63086562 Seems more complex than the headline , and Stanley error margin note. "The UK's economy grew in the second quarter of this year, contrary to an initial reading which said it had shrunk, revised ...

typical usage " Currently the price cap is £1,971 a year for typical usage, and this will rise to £2,500 in October (as in from Saturday"

EDF have done things the other way round. Increased the DD, and promised to send the £67 ish back at the start of each month by bank transfer.

More sneaky fiddling come to light... `Leaked dossier suggests Scottish ferry deal may have been rigged' LINK `A leaked dossier has suggested the process of awarding a £97m Scottish ferries contract may have been rigged. Documents obtained by BBC Disclosure indicate that successful bidder Ferguson ...