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Bloomers , it was'nt David Attenborough - it was an article I read somewhere. The link below has some scary risks within it. Given I can remember a time when virtually no food was wrapped with plastic and had shelf life like today, i see no reason we can;t do away with plastic wrapping or just use the biodegradeables where they are better than waxed paper.

Btw, i am a big fan of fossil fuels for energy.

No doubt the AFD will say he should never have been granted asylum so vote AFD for a safer Germany. Interesting how the electorate view this horrific incident.

This is one tax I agree with - anything that reduces plastic packaging has got tp be a good thing. Microplastics are now verywhere including in ourselves so well done labour . Hopefully my £4k plus councli tax will go down ---- or maybe the money be wasted.

So the big questions that arise are;

1. Is lord Alli jealous that starmer seems to have a new bestie?

2. Is there a plot to rejoin the EU which Starmer, Mandelson and others have been plotting?

3. Will Mandy provoke Trump into shafting the UK economy through sanctions such that re joining the EU looks the only sensible option when we find ourselves in even deeper do do than we are now and a deal can be sold to UK population?

Is this just a silly conspiracy theory or alternatibvely is Starmer such a dim wit the appointment seemd such a good idea to him and his masters?

Anyone think that they have finally been charged because Nigel farage was launching a private prosecution?

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STP, you really need to visit specsavers. The 10 year gilt interest rate is now more than 1% higher than it was a year ago. Look at this link. 2 yr and 5 yr mortgages are priced off these rates and both of them are significantly higher than a year ago - you know just after liz truss trashed the economy - the warm up act for Starmer and reeves it turns out!

Redcain, lots of your post is true but both Macron's coalition and the german one have failed - those countries are politically deadlocked.

STP, labour sent people over to the USA in a failed attempt to help the dems and you are worried about some cash coming this way? The UK rules only allow UK citizens or companies to donate which excludes that and I read that labour are so worried about Musk they are looking to tighten the donation rules to limit donations to UK generated profits.

STP, why - he is an ex EU stalwart and clearly left wing? Trump and Musk seem to dislike everything he stands for , apart from personal dodgy dealings [ remember his fraudulent mortgage application?].

@ Rotherby and Paddy, thanks - appreciated.

Omni, if the 15 results are not great , i think they will wait for 16 results nin the hope that they can release them as a pair with 16 results being great .

Here is a report about Nike - I like the bit where the new ceo will be effectively helping us in the 'wholesale ' sentence.

Nike, new CEO Elliott Hill outlined his strategy to return the company to growth, blaming deep discounting for earnings and revenue declines. Despite recent headwinds, the sneaker giant managed to top fiscal second-quarter expectations, prompting an initial spike in the shares after hours.

However, forward guidance and the turnaround strategy’s timeline left many feeling less enthused. Management expects gross margins to be down 3 to 3.5 percentage points during the holiday quarter and sales down low double digits. ◀️

Hill stated that the company has become far too promotional, with digital platforms delivering a roughly 50/50 split of full-price to promotional sales. Additionally, too many resources were focused on driving online sales, paying for performance marketing, and isolating wholesale partners. The company will reverse that trend and win back their trust, but first, it needs to sell through elevated inventory levels.

The stock is about flat following a volatile after-hours session, where shares were up as much as 12% and down as much as 5%. However, Stocktwits sentiment has flipped into ‘extremely bearish’ territory as investors debate the company’s potential.

Anyone know the latest on the aquifers?

i think he is trying to turn over a new leaf and start 2025 by appointing mandleson to smooze trump and musk. i mean why would'nt they warm to an overtly *** ex eu commissioner?

not exactly political bedfellows either. and talking of bedfellows is lord alli jealous of the attention starmer is now giving to mandy , do we think?

Bloomers, that is true but what is the alternative ? Leaving them in freezing houses so that they die of the cold.......Now wait a minute what is Starmer's plan?

I believe people who can pay for their care in old age should do so and not rely on the state. That principle should also apply to most of what we need in life. My grandfather 's shop and house were sold to pay for his final 7 years in care and whilst it would have been nice for my mother to inherit the money instead it absolutely is the case that the state should be made smaller and people should expect to pay for themselves unless they are in some way incapacitated.

STP, I can't challenge the notion that the UK has become more thically diverse , we used to have fewer liars in the cabinet and other walks of life than we have now - but I don't see this as a good thing. Boris was the pits and Starmer is not far behind.

I am not sure if we are more diverse religiously - we have had all religions represented probably since ww2 - but I would agree the mix is changing as the indigineous white people turn away from their church and many new arrivals are muslims - is that a good thing? Well if they did'nt practice sharia law and contained terrorists in their numbers i would say yes but in the circumstances I don't think so.

Everyone is of course entitled to their opinion .

@Antony, your comment 'so leave' is not very kind. There are lots of people in the UK who carry out caring roles and don't have the freedom to leave and/or could not face the prospect of leaving vulnerable people behind in this failing state. I challenge anyone to point out features of living in the UK that have improved over the last 15 years beyond some of the more fringe aspects of life. Perhaps you can enlighten us so that people don't feel the need to challenge what is being done to us by the people who should be serving us.