Not just mosquitos and not just in the long term either; with the colder weather not being as harsh a lot of other critters are either making a comeback, hanging around for longer or not dying out in the colder temperatures - think Blandford flies, horseflies, tick bites…

Project Orbis is about approval (and it seems like a good idea). It isn’t about supply or cost.

Close to home think Gibraltar and Northern Ireland. Further afield - I work with people who regularly travel for tasks that require an on-site presence and who have long term health conditions.

Probably more common than you think.

It’s sad but just leave it be. What’s lost is lost and cannot be easily replaced or replicated. In another millennium or two there’ll be something else there and those of us around today won’t really have any control over that.

Agree. Too incompetent, and maybe too lazy to improve.

“Ryan has previously spoken about her experience on Roast Battle, but has not named Brand or the show she was working on. In an appearance on BBC series Louis Theroux Interviews… last year, Ryan revealed that she confronted her unnamed co-star: “I – in front of loads of people, in the format of the show – said to this person’s face that they are a predator.”

Deadline has confirmed with multiple sources that she was referring to Brand and Roast Battle. Ryan told Theroux that she did not name her colleague because it was a “litigious minefield” and she had not personally been assaulted by Brand.”

That potential threat of litigation may have played a role.

I believe the secret sauce is empathy.

From your link:

“Beanland’s study concluded that “cycling experience is associated with more efficient attentional processing for road scenes.” She suggested that road safety would be improved for all if more motorists also cycled.”

I suspect they’re right.

Before I took up cycling I also used to review my car dashcam footage and reflect on what could have been done better.

Enforcement of existing rules would go a long way; the parliamentary group also advises increasing tariffs for breaking the law and tightening the what counts for “exceptional circumstances” when it comes to defence.

The alt right alimentary canal; always ends with a load of shit.

15:54 - 16:59; the political angle!

Found the video quite informative; the guy knows how to deliver an engaging lecture.

The quote you’ve picked out from the article seems key; small sample, unreliable statistics.

I am not a military person; I do not know the lingo. All I can say is that the footage I have seen coming out of the Ukraine suggests that these days the soldier on the ground or in a light vehicle can have a huge impact on the battlefield. They seem to have very capable and very mobile weapons that will knock out tanks and aircraft; they also seem to have remotely operated weapons and drones. What is happening over there doesn’t seem to be the asymmetric warfare that would have been seen in, say, Iraq.

The impression I get is that the fictional “Modern Warfare” battlefield is here today.

How well tested and adapted is this rarely seen rarely used British tank?

How much have anti-tank weapons evolved since the last design and upgrade?

How was that tank actually damaged anyway?

I’ve no idea. But I am curious.

forcing change outside of the polling booth

Separate to my other reply; what do you mean by this?

No. This is incorrect.

Labour had taken action - by putting in place the BSF.

The Tory government cut the BSF back in 2010 and further when asked to make money available (bearing in mind a chunk of concrete had fallen off a school in 2018) they didn’t provide nearly enough - indeed they halved it - here’s Mr Slater on the Today programme yesterday (from 1:12:53).

At risk of spamming the link; Mr Slater talked about it on the Today programme here at 1:12:53

Thank you for finding the clip! An incredulous performance from Mike Graham.

The gentleman from Insulate Britain conducted himself quite well. Straight face and all that.

This is going to be a big expensive mess isn’t it?

Almost choked on my tofu. Now to read the article.

Edit: I’m not sure concrete is woke. Many moons ago one of our political people seemed to think you could grow it though so maybe?

This is what I was going to say - you won’t find what you don’t test for, and these days next to no one outside specialist healthcare settings will be testing.

Best we can hope for these days is that sewage monitoring is still in place.

The trouble with over a decade of failing to raise pay in the public sector in line with inflation is that eventually you run out of other people’s free labour.

As for this bit: “NHS England and ministers have both said strikes by doctors are a factor in the rising number of people waiting for treatment.”

The waiting list began to slide in around 2011-2012 and progressively grew until 2020 when it then began to skyrocket. The problems predate the current strike action.