Making the news today....

[GarethM]

Government launches new 30-second TV ad urging Brits to draw their curtains to save on energy bills | Daily Mail Online

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The advert is part of the Government's £18 million 'It All Adds Up' public information campaign, launched...

[trigger_andy]

5 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Government launches new 30-second TV ad urging Brits to draw their curtains to save on energy bills | Daily Mail Online

WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK

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The advert is part of the Government's £18 million 'It All Adds Up' public information campaign, launched...

 

The people who need told this are most likely out buying a pack of crayons right now. 

[GarethM]

They'll probably return the crayons because they couldn't sharpen them in the pencil sharpener.

[Doug Tait]

More likely there'll be a couple of years of msm headlines about the existential crayon sharpening crisis before the smart crayon is unveiled to save humanity.

 

And government mandated light-sensitive automatic curtain rails.

Edited December 28, 2022 by Doug Tait

[GarethM]

Ooh a smart crayon, Bluetooth & Alexa ?.

[Stool master]

That's 18 million saved at a stroke 😉

[GarethM]

I would love to see the waste in a long list, money they could have just said no we won't tax you as much.

 

New for 2023, a campaign highlighting stopping doors banging or the perils of putting one foot infront of each other.

 

Maybe a ministry of funny walks, but I have a bad feeling they would actually create one!.

[scbk]

I like the idea that switching off a few led lightbulbs will make a noticeable difference to your bill. Need to tell that one to the types of people who drive for 20 minutes to get petrol 1p a litre cheaper 

[scbk]

19 hours ago, Johnsond said:

Russian businessman who criticised Ukraine invasion dies after falling from window of luxury hotel

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A Russian businessman who criticised the invasion of Ukraine has died after falling from a...

Russian millionaires critical of Putin 🤔They seem to be better at making money than they do at navigating balconies or opening widows of hotels. 

 

After he fell from his hotel room window, Indian police have been asked if the Kremlin was involved in the death of Russian "Sausage Tycoon" Pavel Antov.

 

The superintendent responded "All we can say is, we haven't found any links"

[Mull]

Turning into “ the conspiracy theory thread “. Not a popular thing to say I understand, conspiracy theorists deserve as much media time as every other minority group that we pander to these days, not be long and 3 yr olds will dictating our laws( or at least their actions will), a race to the bottom seems to be our choice atm.