Category Archives: environment

News round up

Posted on April 28, 2024 by daryan12
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Farmer protests and the dangers of conservatism

Posted on March 3, 2024 by daryan12

Recently there’s been a number of farmers protests ongoing in France, and other parts of Europe, that I think warrant’s commenting on. Notably because the brexiters are sticking their noses in…oh the irony! In fact Fishy Ri$hi showed up to … Continue reading →

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The corrupt hypocrisy of the Tory cult

Posted on December 11, 2023 by daryan12

So it seems the biggest losers from the Tories latest immigration policy will be British citizens. Terrified by the jump in net migration numbers (even thought its entirely consistent with the post brexit reality), the Tories have raised the threshold … Continue reading →

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Pre-Christmas news

Posted on November 30, 2023 by daryan12

No shame Tories…. So we’ve seen the return of sir “call me Dave” of pigtoon. This is the fellow who, to quote Jeremy Paxman “gambled the country’s fortunes for the sake of the Tory party and after he mucked it … Continue reading →

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News Roundup

Posted on October 25, 2023 by daryan12

Been ill the last few days (possibly covid, who knows!). So I thought I might do a quick update. Tory cult prepares to go into hibernation The message we’ve been getting from the Tory client media is that we can’t … Continue reading →

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Rocket plane roulette and rich thrill seekers

Posted on June 23, 2023 by daryan12

Amid the search for this submarine over the last week or so two things occurred to me. Firstly, why is the media hyper fixating on a couple of lost rich people when over the same period a boat full of … Continue reading →

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Nuclear hatchet job

Posted on May 24, 2023 by daryan12

A issue with working in the energy field is we get approached by people, who know nothing about the topic, trying to propose (on the basis of 5 minutes of google research) some cheap, easy solution that solves everything once … Continue reading →

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The wrong stuff – Musk and the 4/20 rocket drill

Posted on April 30, 2023 by daryan12

So on the 20th of April (4/20, so at least we know what he was smoking), chief twit Elon Musk launched his ego rocket to cheering crowds, which was deemed a success. …despite blowing itself to bits and scattering debris … Continue reading →

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The packaging dilemma

Posted on April 15, 2023 by daryan12

The UK supermarket Sainsbury’s has been accused of rendering its meat “vile”, by using a new form of vacuum packaging. Sainsbury’s claims this is intended to reduce plastic waste, as this method of packaging halves the amount of packing needed. … Continue reading →

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Holiday Catchup – the calm before the storm

Posted on August 30, 2022 by daryan12

I’ve been on my holidays back in Ireland. It was nice to get away from the mad house that was the UK for a wee while. A lot seems to have happened since then. Zombie government and the looming winter … Continue reading →

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