Making the news today....

[sime42]

On 12/08/2025 at 15:35, Steven P said:

Was there something a while back that reefs regenerate quicker than the scientists thought they would or am I making that up? (something that they'd found one in Australia that had grown a lot more than expected or something like that)

 

 

Nah, I remember that story too. Though not the details. Whatever it was it'll sadly just be a small sawtooth of an uptick in an overall downward trend. 

 

 

[Johnsond]

Finally a move to at least be honest about those nationalities with a genuine “ not perceived” propensity for rape and abuse of underage girls, in this case a 12year old girl. 

[Johnsond]

All four pillars of the EU’s economic strategy and great power project now lie in ruins. | Annamaria Mignano | 23 comments

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All four pillars of the EU’s economic strategy and great power project now lie in ruins. Europe sub-contracted...

🤔Interesting view.  

[Oldfeller]

 

[Johnsond]

Suspended Labour councillor who called for protesters' throats to be cut at rally cleared

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Ricky Jones, 58, drew his finger across his throat and called demonstrators "disgusting Nazi...

So another gets 31 months for a retracted post but this individual is cleared for calling for people to have their throats cut 🤔🤔skin colour or political views a factor I wonder ?? 
She’s far from blind or impartial nowadays. 
 

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[Stubby]

Unsurprisingly it seems Trump and Putin got nowhere .  

[tree-fancier123]

21 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Unsurprisingly it seems Trump and Putin got nowhere .  

It's basically putting pressure on Zelensky to make a deal - a third of Ukraine probably.

The West wasn't prepared to shed blood over this, only give up some supplies

[Johnsond]

3 hours ago, tree-fancier123 said:

It's basically putting pressure on Zelensky to make a deal - a third of Ukraine probably.

The West wasn't prepared to shed blood over this, only give up some supplies

I tend to agree, whilst the US has picked up the slack and Trump gets slated the fact of the matter is the western NATO countries with the exception of a couple of members have gutted their armed forces to the point that they are virtually useless. The UK in particular has huge problems at the minute, whilst we have politicians grandstanding about “ the coalition of the willing” the reality is we couldn’t even begin to defend our own country never mind  venture farther afield. We can’t even stop a few dinghies crossing the channel at the minute. 

[Johnsond]

Could the Epping asylum hotel injunction set a precedent for other councils?

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Ministers are bracing for the potential of further legal challenges over asylum hotels, after Epping Forest...

Let’s hope so, it will be interesting to see how hard Labour fights this. 

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