Making the news today....

[Welshfred]

Sixteen jailed UK climate activists to appeal against ‘unduly harsh’ sentences | Environment | The Guardian

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Protesters will gather outside court of appeal in support of activists, who say judges defied decades of precedent

 

It'll be interesting to see how this pans out. Personally I believe those prepared to sacrifice their freedom to push awareness of the climate/biodiversity crises are some of the heroes of our time. All those convicted were prepared to go to prison but the lengths of the sentences were surprising and unprecedented given not just the human rights issues but also the horrendous state of UK prison overcrowding/ costs to taxpayer of imprisonment. 

 

[Johnsond]

Chancellor announces backing for third Heathrow runway

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Rachel Reeves has announced her support for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

Well that’s a bit of a kick in the nuts for old Milliband and his net zero madness, figures being mentioned on the news earlier were up to 700 extra flights a day, mind you it’s probably for those electric planes she was on about a couple of days ago. 
Saw Reynolds this morning praising among others Thatcher and Trump for his dynamism in his first few days in power, apparently Labour are gonna emulate that now, I guess he’s not heard the old saying “ you never get a second chance to make a first impression “

The cold hard reality of what business owners, entrepreneurs, professionals, self employed etc think of Reeves is easily seen by reading a handful of the comments. 

Rt Hon Rachel Reeves on LinkedIn: I am going for growth. For new jobs across the country. For our public… | 192 comments

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I am going for growth. For new jobs across the country. For our public services. For more...

 

Edited yesterday at 11:38 by Johnsond

[Steven P]

Ahhh, we're doing politics today, the never ending government bashing? (Edit: If only there was a thread for those who don't think Labour are doing a good job instead of.... every thread ever)

 

A point of interest, it's 5 years since the UK left the EU... those new bright sunny heartlands... 350millions to the NHS, fishermen catching all our fish in our sovereign waters (and not just mackerel), seamless exports to the EU (but restrictions on their imports), massive profitable trade deals with the rest of the world (but none to the EU), UK citizens travel to Europe as before (but they are limited to travel here), immigration levels falling, home grown doctors falling over themselves to work, nurses coming out of our ears, leading the world in everything, the world being our oyster (as long as the oysters are taken from the River Severn, that sounds about right). All because we don't like the Belgians.

 

5 years of unrivalled growth (spell checker humour wanted this to be unravelled). This time next year we'll be millionaires.

 

How is that playing out?

Edited yesterday at 12:12 by Steven P

[sime42]

She hasn't got a clue. "Green"? Increasing consumption ain't going to lead to growth ultimately, sustainable or otherwise.

[sime42]

[tree-fancier123]

it doesn't matter what ideas the humans have, or what their actions are - too many of them trying to live on one land mass will mean even more sewage

Net migration to push UK population to 72.5m, ONS projects

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Projections suggest the UK population could grow by almost five million over the next decade.

 

[Johnsond]

5 hours ago, Steven P said:

Ahhh, we're doing politics today, the never ending government bashing? (Edit: If only there was a thread for those who don't think Labour are doing a good job instead of.... every thread ever)

 

A point of interest, it's 5 years since the UK left the EU... those new bright sunny heartlands... 350millions to the NHS, fishermen catching all our fish in our sovereign waters (and not just mackerel), seamless exports to the EU (but restrictions on their imports), massive profitable trade deals with the rest of the world (but none to the EU), UK citizens travel to Europe as before (but they are limited to travel here), immigration levels falling, home grown doctors falling over themselves to work, nurses coming out of our ears, leading the world in everything, the world being our oyster (as long as the oysters are taken from the River Severn, that sounds about right). All because we don't like the Belgians.

 

5 years of unrivalled growth (spell checker humour wanted this to be unravelled). This time next year we'll be millionaires.

 

How is that playing out?

Front of the queue again lad 👍👍well done 😂

Right SP 

This thread is 

“Making the news today” is it not ?. Now not sure if you noticed but the 3rd runway and  another yet another reset for growth etc etc from CV Reeves was all over the news. 
You guys were relentless when the tories were in so don’t be a hysterical bitch when the shoes on the other foot. It’s not my fault your beloved not Tory Labour are making a rip roaring arse of things. 
You let your personal feelings come through a bit much SP at times 😂😂.

Regards yet another angry remainer Brexit rant 🤷‍♂️what’s your point and how is that aligned to reeves and her electric plane runway. Or is it you just venting after yet another shit day in the office, there’s a bit more information regards Reeves from yet another successful businessman who has actually built and ran a company unlike anyone from the Labour front bench 🦤

James Harvey on LinkedIn: #news

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Absolutely spot on! Ryanair CEO Micheal O'Leary calls Rachel Reeves 'Rachel...

 

Edited 19 hours ago by Johnsond

[Steven P]

... however instead of commenting on the actual news story you went off onto one of your 'daily politics' rants. How about we look at the benefits or otherwise of another runway at Heathrow... which was the 'making the news today' ? The "Everything labour do is shit" rhetoric you are pushing wasn't in the story at all (pick a story, any story, link it to the current government add in Milliband, or Reeves with "utter madness" and I can make up any one of your posts, almost like AI without the I)

 

My thoughts are that the UK is too focussed on London, we should be looking to develop away from the capital. For example, 2 of our exports mentioned in the article (on the assumption they are flown to the US) being Scottish Salmon and Whisky.. so why fly them to London and then fly them to the US... why not bung them on a plane at Prestwick.. and bring jobs and money to the provinces.

 

Hows that for a starter. I don't expect that you, JohnsonD will manage a paragraph without resorting to your usual rants and insults... but lets see.

[Johnsond]

49 minutes ago, Steven P said:

... however instead of commenting on the actual news story you went off onto one of your 'daily politics' rants. How about we look at the benefits or otherwise of another runway at Heathrow... which was the 'making the news today' ? The "Everything labour do is shit" rhetoric you are pushing wasn't in the story at all (pick a story, any story, link it to the current government add in Milliband, or Reeves with "utter madness" and I can make up any one of your posts, almost like AI without the I)

 

My thoughts are that the UK is too focussed on London, we should be looking to develop away from the capital. For example, 2 of our exports mentioned in the article (on the assumption they are flown to the US) being Scottish Salmon and Whisky.. so why fly them to London and then fly them to the US... why not bung them on a plane at Prestwick.. and bring jobs and money to the provinces.

 

Hows that for a starter. I don't expect that you, JohnsonD will manage a paragraph without resorting to your usual rants and insults... but lets see.

😂😂😂Calm down SP, funnily enough the fact that a 3rd runway would obliterate all the netzero lunacy was being discussed on Sky just now, so I guess I’m not the only one who raised an eyebrow. You are an angry little lefty nowadays. I’m sorry but everything Labour is doing is shite 🤷‍♂️it’s not hard to find things to post about, I don’t even need to lie or make up bollocks accusations eh 👍.
Scottish salmon 😂yet another thing you know bugger all about. Do a bit of googling and look up aquaculture, it’s the  learning ground for many a commercial diver. You couldn’t pay me  to eat farmed Scottish salmon. 

[Steven P]

See... a helpful discussion on a third runway, insightful.

 

"Calm down. Lunacy. Mild insults"... I summed up your post in 5 words. What was the point in you posting a news story if you are unable to offer a single thought on it?

 

I forget.. Yes, back to your 'Daily Starmer' reports of what the Labour party are doing. Bring something fresh to the discussion and people might... might, well, discuss.