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I think I might start trying to direct "people convinced by the present arguments proffered by the "mainstream" about "Green" energy" - at California gubernatorial candidate Mike Schellenberger - who has a fair set of eco-credentials but isn't blinkered to reality.
You can lead a horse to water etc.... The drip drip of OVO-like kerrapp has a noticeable effect.
tomo
Apr 4, 2018 at 11:29 PM | Mailman
Agreed, but with the caveat that an awful lot of people with a great deal to lose are convinced by the arguments about green energy. My brother and sister in law amongst others; this despite my best efforts. There seems to be a logic disconnect between what do you do at night when the wind isn't blowing and no electricity.
Uibhist a Tuath
Local paper : Scunthorpe firm Ellgia sign contract to supply RDF Refuse Derived Fuel to FM1 Ferribridge Multifuel 68MW power plant
stewgreen
gc
I don't know what the politicians and senior police officers expect if they effectively retreat from the streets.
I saw late night/wee hours antics in west London 4 years ago where I'd estimate over 100 mostly African origin young men were very obviously intimidating drivers and late night workers in a fashion that I feel I can guarantee would elicit a severe kicking from the army or paramilitary police in most actual African countries. I didn't see a single police car or van between Park Lane and Trafalgar Square - no-one. These little shits have pushed the Met off the streets - plods sit in their CCTV lounges waiting to dispatch clean-up crews while supping lattes from travel mugs.
British senior policemen and politicians have made a rod for their own backs. Cressida Dick's claims today that they are going to target ringleaders / "kingpins" etcetera is risible. If they don't tread carefully with a big stick they are going to get riots that will make the last lot look like a walk in the park.
tomo
Obviously the British racist police are failing BME by failing to protect them from other BME with guns/knives and drug dealing.
stewgreen
The pictures paint a very sad story of multicultural Britain.
Killed in 2018: London's victims of violence
There have been 50 killings so far this year, amid fears crime levels could rise to highest in a decade
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/04/killed-in-2018-londons-victims-of-violence
golf charlie
Apr 5, 2018 at 12:30 AM | Pcar
I suppose Corbyn thinks he can do better than Blair, as a Middle East Peace Ambassador, by getting Jewdas and Hamas to resolve their differences, over a few beers and bacon sandwiches.
golf charlie
Apr 4, 2018 at 11:29 PM | Mailman
Start here?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_90/The_Greens#History
"Alliance 90/The Greens, often simply (German: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen or Grüne), is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party (founded in West Germany in 1980 and merged with the East Greens in 1990) and Alliance 90(founded during the Revolution of 1989–1990 in East Germany) in 1993.[5] The focus of the party is on ecological, economic, and social sustainability. Its leaders are Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck. In the 2017 federal elections, the party came sixth with 8.9% of the votes and 67 out of 709 seats in the Bundestag."
East Germany's loyal communists, did not disappear.
golf charlie
NASA : competent ?
The James Webb Space Telescope is £7bn over budget & 11 years late due to NASA screwups.
UK Gov: competent ?
They implemented crazy solar subsidies, had to rush into ending them
Corps sued, now settled out of court for £60m ..unicorns will pay
RSPB: competent ?
Police accuse them of holding back from reporting wildlife crime, then suddenly bringing out evidence for PR purposes.
Northumbria Council : competent ?
That one that funded a coucillor's football club. Their business unit spent £73K going to Cannes conferences etc.
Saudi Gov : competent ?
Plan for $200bn solar park
200GW is 100 times bigger that typical big projects in Greece and Australia
Plastic Bottles : Reverse Vending manufacturer TOMRA just happened to give £27K to CPRE (whose facebook page is full of anti-plastic bottle campaigning)
and they gave £270K to a similar Scottish campaign
Shares went up on 9% on govt plans
stewgreen
Apr 5, 2018 at 4:52 PM | tomo
Apr 5, 2018 at 4:49 PM | stewgreen
The Guardian must have been disappointed when they could find no link to BREXIT, UKIP, Russians, Trump or Big Oil, so they failed to join any dots together at all.
Drugs, turf wars and street gang culture are going to be significant factors in London, along with love rivalry and jealousies, but even when other areas of the UK have their figures scaled up, to match the size of London, London does seem to be culturing its own problems.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/23/cressida-dick-leaders-head-metropolitan-police-jean-charles-de-menezes
"But Dick’s elevation was controversial for another reason. Her reputation has been, and perhaps always will be, clouded by what happened on 22 July, 2005, when Jean Charles de Menezes, an entirely blameless Brazilian electrician, was killed in a volley of bullets at Stockwell tube station in south London – the victim of a catalogue of mistakes made by the police in the aftermath of the 7/7 London bombings. Dick was the “gold” commander at the Met that day, so it was she who was in charge of the operation. No wonder members of de Menezes’ family, and many others, have strongly objected to her appointment."
When it comes to the rise of London gun crime, where have the guns and ammo come from?