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  1. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/brexit-raw-sewerage-water-treatment-b1915765.html
  2. Record Levels of sewage in The Rivers those unicorns keep piling up don't they?
  3. would you describe the Farmers protests as "Whinging" ? Liz Webster - founder of 'Save British Farming' (leading/representing the protests) : "They negotiated trade deals which literally see us slaughtered - They're the worst trade deals in the world." “We need a radical change of policy and an urgent exit from these appalling trade deals which will decimate British food.”
  4. That prat Mogg : 2016: "The Brexit opportunity is through leaving the customs union. And that means we have to come out of the EU Single Market" 2024: "Anything that makes trade more difficult, makes countries poorer" i'm very much in danger of typing asterisks again.
  5. This should surprise no-one at all - who can afford kids these days?
  6. well, exactly. if we keep on prioritising cars, we're going to keep on getting more and more cars - it's a game that we simply cannot win. no city has ever fixed congestion by making it easier to drive - most have tried, most are still trying, with a 100% failure rate - it's literally *never* worked, anywhere, ever.
  7. i have to drive along Abbeydale road at least once a week, it's been a nightmare for years. best case scenario : opening a few side roads might help a *bit* (maybe?), but given the relentless rise in congestion it would only buy us a few years (and then we'd also have side roads full of cars) worth noting : The Nether edge filter on Archer Lane has been permanently removed - traffic is still awful. And the Little London Road filter was removed for a few days (before Christmas?) - the taxis and delivery drivers soon found it! - and traffic was still awful.
  8. No - the graph is evaluating 'share' not 'amount'. in the last 10 years, the number of cars has gone up from about 30million, to 33million. www.statista.com what's hidden in that number, is that some (many?) cars are effectively empty - driving to, or returning from, dropping off a family member. how many car journeys are made ferrying teenage kids around? - only to temporarily return home, effectively empty. (4 car journeys, to move 1 person to and from 1 destination)
  9. urban 20 zones reduce fuel consumption - it's physics. 1 unit of fuel will accelerate a car to 20mph. another whole unit of fuel is required to accelerate from 20-30. (KE = ½ MV^2) when we consider aerodynamic drag, accelerating to 30 burns more than twice as much fuel vs 20. given that we're talking about urban 20 zones, this extra fuel is completely wasted when the car decelerates/stops for the next junction/ lights/ queue.
  10. how would junctions work? how would people cross busy roads? yes we did, by banning CFC's...
  11. they have to. This year (2024) they have a balanced budget - for which i think they deserve a lot of credit. But they know they're heading for a short-fall. Funding is going down, costs are going up. The term 'fire sale' suggests selling quickly, at far below market rate, which seems unlikely.
  12. A) that's less than inflation. B) we have an aging population who need more care = the budget needs to increase by *more* than inflation.
  13. The government are telling us that tax-cuts are the way to generate growth. i suspect the answer lies in less exciting ideas : improving public transport, reducing the cost of childcare... etc. where did *that* number come from?
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