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Shall We Begin?
https://www.greenparty.org.uk/conference/
https://www.conservatives.com/conference
https://labour.org.uk/conference/
Oh.
https://www.libdems.org.uk/conference
"I've got some little fishes and frogs in there... everything floats away, all of my troubles just go away. I look into the pond and there's nobody bothering me."
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/pond-life-facts-about-habitats-plants-ani...
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'A Bizarre Crusade'
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"Rivers and reservoirs are evaporating in front of our eyes. Water may soon be rationed and crop irrigation restricted."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/12/drought-uk-england...
"Our lame duck government is offering neither."
https://www.science-sparks.com/what-is-a-sea-breeze/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pm0ziZ-DzY
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/12/warring-tories-rad...
'Flat-as-a-Tack'
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"The consequences of sitting idly by are unthinkable..”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/13/keir-starmer-demands-ba...
"Instead of stepping in, ministers have fallen asleep in the midday sun. They lecture the public on the use of hosepipes, but where is their plan to protect our vital water system?"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/aug/13/liz-truss-...
"I like images which are a bit more atmospheric - it's a nice composition."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62508283
"Because of the UK's geological make-up and the influence of weather patterns, some parts of northern England and Scotland are escaping the worst of the parched conditions."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKiemHPECZI
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/20618866.last-push-vote-york-new-great-...
'Book our own Breaks'
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"Two-thirds of the world's oceans are currently considered international waters, which mean all countries have a right to fish, ship and do research there."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVkQpGti0eU
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62524611
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvOAtAy-21Q
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/14/labour-announces-plan-t...
"Peasholm has a lot going for it..."
Sliced Bread
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"We watch paint dry for you to find out if pricey paint that promises to be better for you, your walls and your environment is worth it."
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/15/centrica-and-octopus-ba...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVNtcnJAyeo
"Freedom of speech is one of the most slippery concepts in political philosophy. John Stuart Mill pronounced it absolute but qualified it, as he did all liberties, where it causes “harm” to others. On that tenuous footing has grown an edifice of laws on slander, libel, incitement and, more recently, the causing of offence."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqCDUwzEe-M
“The longer the government leaves it, the greater the confusion will be. The carnage could be extreme,” the chief executive of one supplier said."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAQNweGsKqM
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/sht-faced-shakespea...
"Featuring wasted witches, boozy best friends, hammered hell-hounds, unhinged wives, and enough crapulous kings to give Game of Thrones a run for its money, this is Shakespearean theatre as you’ve never experienced it before. The Sh!t-faced Shakespeare tour kicks off in September and runs for two months across a huge number of UK towns and cities. For more information or tickets for the Teesside date, please visit here."
"What could possibly go wrong?"
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/sep/23/its-going-to-split-...
Big Ears.
Fridges are Expensive
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"With the Commons due to go into recess for a month in mid-September for the parties’ annual conventions, ministers were encouraged to remain in Westminster to devise and debate emergency plans for supporting struggling people through the winter."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF8U_v6S120
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/28/new-tory-leader-urged-t...
"Early morning is when conditions are usually at their calmest, which makes Monday a great day to fly."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/28/only-extraordinary...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZyRE8DAocw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62707359
"The UK did get an additional bank holiday this year to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee."
'Consversationists'
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"Farmers and landowners are being offered funding to create and restore wildlife ponds in Yorkshire for the conservation of great crested newts.
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Natural England said the project aimed to mitigate the impacts of development and strengthen existing populations.The ponds would be fully funded, with work undertaken by the trust.
It is expected that newts and other wildlife would colonise the ponds naturally, a spokesperson said. "All you need to do is periodic maintenance and allow occasional site visits," they added."
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/north-east-sealife-deaths-houchen-speaks-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgMgkl-gRxk
"In an interview for BBC Radio 4 Today Houchen claimed the concerns over pyridine were a conspiracy theory:
“It’s not just pyridine, they think it’s Agent Orange apparently from secret factories in the Second World War. We’ve also been told that it’s Russian submarines trying to cause problems for the UK government. I’m sure you’re not suggesting and they are suggesting that we do testing for these types of completely conspiratorial ideas because if you do that we’ll never get this development underway and finished... "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoI5KTamRQs
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/01/crab-lobster-shells-coul...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzQ-qQ_T6oA
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-62753002
"“He who wields the knife never wears the crown.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/02/festival-of-brexit...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjM89wRMY9I
I guess that 'Third Shaft' might come in handy, after all.
Justin Beiber.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/06/authors-missing-borrowing-...
Timberlake, Timberlake! (They all sound the same to me ;-0)
So Boris with Tits got in then...
The Highway Code
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"People cycling, riding a horse or driving a horse-drawn vehicle should respect the safety of walkers, but people walking should also take care not to obstruct them"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSmwhsn-l1I
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/sep/05/zachary-quinto-star-west-e...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcG0-jUbANc
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-62768707
"Problems with trees and hedges can also lead to confrontation between residents.
Last year, a neighbourly dispute over a tree between t two drives erupted in Sheffield, when one homeowner cut an evergreen in half over claims nesting pigeons were dirtying his side of the divide."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12EeoRTWuXA
"“The more I learned about him, the more I strangely began to admire his intellect and his wit,” said Harewood. “I had turned it down because I couldn’t imagine myself inhabiting that headspace, and it was an enormous challenge to do that, and to then also find that I enjoyed it. I don’t agree with this character politically one iota, but I’ve started to find pleasure inhabiting him.”
Ooh Err...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7SwzosH6No
I can make far more noise than my 'puppy' ...
"If you’re having a problem with noise like loud music, noisy pubs, rowdy parties or barking dogs in your neighbourhood, your council can help you."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHJYt32rrWs
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/13/the-worlds-biggest...
GSTQ.
https://newsthump.com/2022/09/09/energy-crisis-forces-73-year-old-london...
Bossy Boots.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/19/sweden-north-green-jobs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcGRLB-Tlnc
The 'Smell' Test
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"Teesworks is a 4,500-acre former steelworks site being converted for green industry. An investigation was launched in June after allegations of cronyism and corruption surrounding finances at the Redcar site.
It was first reported that the findings would be published in the summer."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-67495301
"A TVCA committee meeting heard earlier this month how negative press had driven away company Atlantic Superconnector, which planned to build a North East cable factory, from Teesworks to Blyth."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRH--pMVOFM
https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2023/nov/22...
"The motion called for the council to request further information, action plans and a roadmap for delivery to increase electricity grid generation and import capacity across North Yorkshire from Northern Power Grid, National Grid and the regulator Ofgem."
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23941126.council-accused-delaying-actio...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JD353rNvT4
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-23856890
'Chain Reactions'
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"Shadow cabinet ministers have been given until 8 February to make policy submissions for the manifesto, as Keir Starmer’s party gears up for an election that, according to opinion polls, looks likely to return it to government for the first time since 2010.
A committee of shadow ministers and officials will then assess which commitments will require legislation in a king’s speech that will be delivered within weeks of entering office. The party intends to have both documents ready by mid-March, in case Rishi Sunak calls an early spring poll."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/03/labour-ditches-radical-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyYnnUcgeMc
""It was very shocking to realise all that happened to our ancestors and to feel like we're so separated from that in 2024.""
lol
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqldd07x6xyo
'Convention of the North'
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"So in the Yorkshire towns with which we are currently working – Barnsley, Castleford, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Keighley, Rotherham and Scarborough – it will be local people who will be empowered and local priorities which will be supported. Under the leadership of my friend Adam Hawksbee – who is committed to driving down power and opportunities much closer to these intimate communities – we will be building on the success of this programme in weeks to come. "
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-68453553
"We’re working closely with the Royal Armouries here and working to secure and bring into public ownership a site for British Library North at Temple Works."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0jBwk71Qcw&ab_channel=BruceSpringsteenVEVO
"Shadow local government secretary Angela Rayner has promised to go ‘further and faster’ on devolution if elected to Government. Speaking at the Convention of the North today, Rayner promised to be a ‘Deputy Prime Minister for the North’ and that the North would be 'in control of its own destiny’ should Labour clinch victory at the next General election later this year."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlgYdxUdckQ&ab_channel=Rock%26RollHallof...
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/english-devolution
"This can’t go on. If Sunak really wants to know why the country feels as if it’s falling apart, it’s because we haven’t got a functioning government. All that he did get right was “enough is enough”. It is. Time for an election."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-68447223
"None of the towns featured were in Tynedale, but were generally close to the coast of North Northumberland."
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6NqscIsidQ&ab_channel=NationalTreasured
“With the project it was like you were doing something for the real world, not just an experiment at school.”
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/02/doing-something-for-the-...
Sleep Tight.
'Air Displays'
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"The 4-metre (13ft) tiger shark, dissected into three parts, is the centrepiece of a luxury bar in the Palms casino resort in Las Vegas. It first appeared in the casino six years ago, with the title: The Unknown (Explored, Explained, Exploded), 1999."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/mar/22/constant-b...
"There were many bones. We had no idea how they had got there."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gb0AXmi294&ab_channel=leenavenreloaded
"After spreading it on toast, keep the stone and witness the magic of propagation"
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jun/29/britain-emb...
'The Smart Ring'
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"They’ve spread across the country from Plymouth to Aberdeen, and even over the water to Northern Ireland. London is their stronghold, though, and it’s increasingly rare to venture outside without hearing their raucous cries or seeing their long-tailed silhouettes skimming the rooftops."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/10/britain-pa...
"But "less intrusive" smart rings can provide a convenient, comfortable and stylish alternative for those who do not want to wear a bulky smart watch, particularly overnight to track their sleep patterns, says Mr Jeronimo."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD8YPY8RBQc
"If you thought £1.35 for a first-class stamp was pushing the envelope, then brace yourself..."
Uggh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COwkCW38J54
https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/jul/11/old-bailey-dying-ar...
Thou Must not Rubber Neck.
Bless.
https://www.theguardian.com/games/article/2024/jul/11/a-childs-eye-view-...
Tomorrow is Another Day.
'River Red Gum'
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"Even the stars and other celestial bodies change as they gain and lose mass. Perhaps there is life on other planets that adapts as their environment changes."
https://www.britishscienceweek.org/the-theme-for-2025-is-change-and-adapt/
""Despite the majority land mass of Australia being able to see the Milky Way, the overwhelming majority of people have light pollution," Dr Tucker said."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnEOhZ8ybRY
The true Jewels of the night sky...
"They hangout at cemeteries and can only be destroyed by means of magic."
Magpies...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-08-12/most-amazing-thing-in-nig...
Ouch.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/10/call-tougher...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l5BBGaxBAU
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/12/starwatch-look-o...
"The trial ban will be in force between 23:00 and 07:00 for the next 18 months and is set to start in September."
Peak Activity.
"The Plods have more tiers than a over the top Wedding cake"
Sounds like a Plan.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-08/light-flightless-bird-skeleton-al...
About that Thesis...
I was kinda wondering if you would change your schedule..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAQwSGGKNhg
"“The national park authority considers that returning the Old Vicarage to residential use is the best way to conserve it for future generations."
To Arcian
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"These fascinating rocks have been the focus of geological research since the 18th Century and have had a profound influence on the development of the geological sciences. Throughout the 20th Century, the excellent coastal exposures have acted as a magnet for palaeontologists, stratigraphers, sedimentologists and geochemists, as a natural geological laboratory, and in recent decades, the coastal exposures received increased scientific interest as a result of their analogy with hydrocarbon source and reservoir rocks in the North Sea."
https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/24812152.river-derwent-natural-marker/
"Scaled stratigraphic sequences were constructed of anisotropic multilayers with individual layers of Plasticine and silicone putty as thin as 40 μm."
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-geology/maps-and-resources/office-geol...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE
"In his great work ‘The Buildings of England’ by Nicholas Pevsner [1972] he emphasises the significance of the River Derwent as a natural marker between the two east and west Ridings."
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jul/21/pevsner-architectu...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoHpSY3IoAI
"The only restrictions on development of green field sites are around suitability i.e access, flood risk, areas with specific classifications for environmental protection etc."
Fascinating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R686uRAzwIk
"Potter explains: “Even the best sea captains use a pilot when they go down an estuary or come into a port. They might be experts in navigation, but they aren’t likely to know local details about shifting sandbanks or the way a current changes when it meets submerged rocks."
https://www.bigissuenorth.com/features/2016/03/damned-if-we-dont/#close
Never Mind.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/21/farm-bought-sold-h...
"‘To be in a town that is being bombarded by warships is a never to be forgotten experience…I got up and peeped out of the window, and then saw a couple of vessels at the foot of the Castle Hill."
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/very-positive-discussio...
""Another red light appeared, and 30 seconds later another crash and another portion of the wall was smashed.’"
Enjoy:
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/scarborough-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEHVElyoWTg
Grrr...
"I am afraid this is one more example of the North Yorkshire Council’s insensitivity and remoteness tucked away in their ivory tower in Northallerton."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/13/deceptively-cute-anc...
"The festival will feature workshops led by artists and wellbeing practitioners, with activities set to range from willow weaving, pottery, and printmaking to painting, yoga, and "sensory meanders" with sketch and journal stops."
Omne Trium Perfectum.
"“It’s a reminder that world-changing fossils can be found in your own back yard.”"
https://newsthump.com/2025/08/12/labour-considers-putting-highly-efficie...
'Going too Far'
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"Most of us are bleary of eye. Some are already hard at it, mainly working with their hands, building things, cleaning things, getting ready to sell things. Then there are the thrusters, besuited, full of a different purpose. And distressingly there are always the desperate too, wandering – or still sleeping on – the streets. The hopeful and the hopeless, respectively, move quickly and slowly."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c981j6e34wwo
"“But cutting the benefits of the most vulnerable in our society who can’t work, to pay for that, is not going to work. And it’s not a Labour thing to do … It’s not what they’re for.”"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFyk5t5mD2M
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/13/daybreak-is-a-magi...
A five hour version... ;-0
"Further reassuring residents, Mr. Walker explained the Council's general approach to planning application comments saying that "in practice", they accept comments beyond the official deadline."
Baggy Trousers.
""Due to insufficient application of grease, an exterior door release button may remain in the depressed position, preventing the door from closing securely", a spokesperson told the BBC."
Oh Ok:
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/residents-report-issues...
The Ironic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiWomXklfv8
Ah, Yes... The 'Token' Party.
https://reformpartyconference.co.uk/
I was just wondering what they were gonna call emsens next year.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/04/pyrotechnics-big-busine...
The 'Quite like a bit of Heritage Party'.
I'll be Back.
'Urban Farming'
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"Hang on a minute – before we decide who, shouldn’t we be thinking about what? What is the role of a deputy leader of the party, when Labour in government is so clearly lost, is tanking in the polls, and tens of thousands of members are walking away in bitter disappointment?"
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/08/crisis-what-crisis-star...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OR2lKvPoZE&ab_channel=CoolGuyMcGruff
"Grown-up politics is not about slavish loyalty to a lost cause."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3PKO--H8Do&ab_channel=WoodWheatonGMSupe...
"Where MPs differ is either because they have made a decision not to follow the party whip (rebelling), or where they have differed from the majority of their colleagues in a free vote."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czdj41dmj0po
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWfXb_9iQZM&list=RDjWfXb_9iQZM&start_rad...
That'll be Chips with everything then.