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Or maybe local folk with spare time on their hands who are fed up with the state of our streets? https://www.facebook.com/groups/SheffieldLitterPickers/about 'Group rule 2: No Party Politics'

Ah! I see ads36 beat me to it yesterday morning, in post #7437.

Yay! Good old BoJo (and Rees-Mogg). https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/11/new-brexit-checks-to-cost-uk-business-2bn-and-fuel-inflation-report-finds "New post-Brexit UK border controls coming into force later this month will cost British businesses £2bn and fuel higher inflation, according to a report warning that UK-EU trade will be damaged as a result. With less than a month before the introduction of new checks on animal and plant products from 30 April, the insurer Allianz Trade said the controls agreed under Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal could add 10% to import costs over the first year. Ministers last week revealed that businesses could be charged up to £145 for each consignment imported through Dover, prompting warnings that this would drive up food prices and disproportionately hurt small businesses. The Allianz report said that the checks, part of the government’s “border target operating model” (Btom), would affect £21bn of agricultural product imports, including eggs, live trees and plants, meat and fish, covering about 3% of all UK imports. These new costs were the equivalent to adding a 10% tariff on these imports, it said, with Allianz indicating that EU companies would be likely to pass on these costs to UK customers."

"Of the 43 countries most often considered to be within Europe, 40 use some form of proportional representation to elect their MPs. The UK stands almost alone in Europe in using a ‘one-person-takes-all’ disproportionate voting system. If we exclude the authoritarian state of Belarus, France is the only other European country to use a ‘one-person-takes-all’ system (the Two-Round System). The UK is unique among European countries in terms of its electoral system – and not in a good way. It’s the only country with a parliamentary system that uses the outdated, one-person-takes-all First Past the Post system. Westminster is even unique within the UK, as the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, as well as the Northern Ireland and London Assemblies all use forms of proportional representation." Electoral Reform Society

As a young child, the daily Paludrine tablet and sleeping under mosquito nets at night is memorable, but so are the many happy hours spent on a foot-burning hot and deserted sandy beach, surfing with my sis. Mmmm! Germolene. ♥️ And TCP.

Try opening: doncaster.moderngov.co.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?AIId=20811 and clicking on the pdf link http://i7 061223 - Final - SYAC Cabinet Report Dec23 - DRAFT V2

I was thinking along similar lines but also that such an operation close by could lead to more air freight going to DSA. Wishful thinking perhaps.

A possible opportunity for DSA, or just a lot of hot air? https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/27/airlander_10_hybrid_airship/

Quite. It comes alive at night time though. I like it. That, possibly AI-written, blurb is a laugh though: "The presence of the tram running down the street adds a quaint touch to the urban landscape, inviting visitors to explore at a leisurely pace." 🤣

Having just read through the thread about West Street, <chuckle>, I fancied a bit of Jarvis and the gang:

A leaflet from the Greens yesterday.

Bridget Riley (92), David Hockney (86), and Maggi Hambling (78). They've certainly enriched my life.

The Boat Race.

It would have been his friends and relatives who would have arranged the funeral, not him.

The border with Belarus would be the closest I think, followed by Latvia and Ukraine, but all a fair distance. I would have thought that the border with Ukraine would be bristling with Russian military surveillance installations and personnel so not the best direction to head. All speculation at this stage anyway.