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Gosh this thread is depressing, which is hardly surprising. Unfortunately there is no clear cut right and wrong in this whole conflict. The only clear cut things as far a I can tell are: a) there were no Jews in Gaza prior to Hamas starting the conflict. b) Hamas would start the conflict...

A noticeable frost on our neighbours roof this morning, and 1.7C outside. Unsurprisingly the thermostat chose to turn the heating on for a couple of hours, but then stayed off until about 30 minutes ago.

The trouble, and this has been the case for at least the last quarter of a century, is that annuity rates are rubbish. This was certainly the case when I was an annuity administrator back in the late 90's when the maximum TFC was 25% of the pot (depending on the scheme type). Most people back...

The Fabian Society are pretty much communists, and their logo is literally a wolf in sheep's clothing. I am not surprised that they are in favour of this sort of thing. People often forget that pensioners are subject to income tax on their annuities. The tax relief is to encourage you to...

To be fair it is a bit difficult to start an interview when an ovation like that is going on! What a wonderful welcome our man Pascal got. Marvelous Scenes!

Are we we talking about capturing carbon dioxide? Not all of it needs to be stored, it has many uses in industry.

The YouTube algorithm is a bit rubbish and encourages such titles, there is some quite interesting and balanced commentary buried beneath many a lurid headline. Yes, it was a bit hit and miss I found. I don't think he mentioned the subsidies either part of the industry get. I'd almost...

Sorry for posting content from the Sun, but this is worth it.

Probably fits on this thread as it does critique policy, and worth a view. I don't agree with everything in it, as certainly heat pump technology for heating can be very good if properly implemented. But I am concerned by the loss of our ability to make our own steel, and the lack of local...

I don't really understand the root of the claim, Mauritis is over 2,000km from the Chagos Islands. The Chagos Island's are far closer to the Maldives for instance. But whatever, I don't see why we should have sovereignty, and islanders were treated badly so I'm happy for them to be passed into...

Quite, defending Israel's airspace is quite different from being involved in an assault on one of their neighbours territories. I have no problem with the former, but would take an extremely dim view of the latter.

Batteries are great, but they aren't a panacea*. They'll quite happily keep your house going through the night during the summer months (charged off of the solar panels), but we're getting to the time of year when they'll merely reduce the demand you place on the importing electricity from the...

https://labour.org.uk/updates/stories/labours-immigration-and-border-policy-stop-small-boats/

Seriously, heritage railways don't even register when it comes to coal consumption globally. If it was just heritage railways consuming coal globally we wouldn't be talking about there being a climate emergency. I applaud the fact that we are no longer using coal to generate electricity in...

I've always noticed Webster is one of those players who needs a few games to find his form. He is usually rock solid once he finds it.

That is already twice as many goals as his Dad scored for us! :D

20% will sort them out :)

Just hit Guildford. I made an executive decision to postpone my lunchtime run. :D

He probably didn't check Wikipedia before posting. I didn't know that Special Advisors were a Labour invention (over a decade before I was born). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_adviser_(United_Kingdom)

The cost would soon be forgotten once it was up and running and being a benefit.