Latest Brexit bias from the BBC:

"Brexit uncertainty hits Brittany Ferries' bookings":

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46095038

"UK holidaymakers are delaying booking Channel crossings for next summer amid concerns about the consequences of Brexit, Brittany Ferries has said.

Forward bookings were down between 4% and 5% from some of its regular customers, the company said.

Nigel Wonnacott from Brittany Ferries said people were worried about the impact on areas such as pet travel, health insurance and driving licences.

The decline was "raising the red flag", he told BBC 5 live's Wake Up to Money."

A few points. Forward bookings apparently weren't down 4-5% in total, just among some of its regular customers. But the 4-5% figure is the one the BBC settle on, and an unsubstantiated assumption is made regarding the reason for that decline. The fact that this was a piece for BBC Radio 5's Wake up to Money programme suggests to me they went looking for a story. I have to say, of all of the Brexit bias on the BBC, Radio 5's seems to be the most relentless of all.

Further down the story is this:

"Research from Abta, the trade body for tour operators and travel agents, found that 43% of people are confused about how Brexit will affect travel arrangements, up from 36% last year, while almost half (48%) fear it will make it harder to travel to the continent.

"As we head towards the peak holiday booking period, there is still a lack of certainty about what will happen when we leave the EU ... we encourage both sides to take a pragmatic approach to getting a deal done," an Abta spokesperson said.

Despite the concerns about Brexit, package holiday bookings for European destinations next summer were 14% higher than at the same point last year, the association added."

And this:

"A spokesperson for Eurotunnel, which operates Le Shuttle services between Folkestone and Calais, said "bookings are strong going forward"."

Which suggests to me that people prefer flying and using the Chunnel to using ferries - changing tastes when it come to travel. Of the 3 main means of getting to Europe, 2 are seeing strong increases in numbers, one is in decline. It doesn't look like it's anything to do with Brexit. The headline COULD have been:

"Strong bookings for 2019 European holidays, say ABTA and Eurotunnel. Brexit has no negative impact on UK citizens' European holiday plans" But it isn't. Instead, the headline is "Brexit uncertainty hits Brittany Ferries' bookings". I wonder why?

"This hole is for drilling, not for producing.
Nov 6, 2018 at 11:09 AM | Rhoda Klapp"

The hole truth!

As I said about a week ago, they have been trying the Hot Rocks in Cornwall since the '70s.
Nov 6, 2018 at 10:03 AM | M Courtney

Is there anything useful that could be extracted from the abundance of Radon beneath Cornwall and elsewhere? If it is a "free" by-product of other commercially viable processes, and is naturally released into the atmosphere, what happens to it next?

''And I suspect that getting the investment is what the council and company want, rather than any real hope of a long-term business.''

And that is the crux of the matter. Having got a pile o' money from the EU and others, the project's success or failure is not important. So long as everybody gets to share the cash. This hole is for drilling, not for producing.

I got a good morning laugh. Someone posting in the DM had written 'povity' instead of poverty and almost immediately written 'povity? wow, sorry'. Sometimes bits of your brain spell so badly on an easy word, you can't quite believe it. You want to call your brain before the headmaster for a dressing down. The 'you've let the school down, you've let me down but most of all, you've let yourself down' speech. Worst of all, you know the little sod will do it again.

Nov 6, 2018 at 9:46 AM | Harry Passfield

Even if it isn't, it COULD be.

When all know risks are eliminated, the Green Blob likes to scare with fear of the unknown.

BTW: For those who missed it, the Bish covered the Eden geothermal project in this post in 2015.

"My guess, they would need to frack to improve the area of available heat-to-water interface.
Nov 6, 2018 at 9:38 AM | Harry Passfield"

"Friends" of the Earth will be happy to blow its rocks to pieces, when it suits them. They were happy to see a large lump of Cornwall blown apart to be dumped in the sea to form the Swansea tidal mud pond.

Sorry about multiple comments....just catching up on what is an awakening unthreaded stream (good to see).

@Michael Hart: So glad to find someone else who has read and enjoyed Dune - the only Trilogy I own (for 30 years) that was actually four books! The first was by far the best and, I thought, extremely allegorical. I recall thinking that the 'Gom-jabbar' (sp? memory?), a device for inflicting pain, would be a great development if it could be re-engineered: I have this mad idea that when you go to your doctor with aches and pains you will put your hand into a 'Gom', as will the Doctor. He will then feel the pains and their locations as you do!! :-)