OK, but Cessna seaplanes are such a miniscule piece of aviation emissions and fuel usage. When Rolls Royce or GE get anything beyond a concept phase then it's worth taking notice, but right now Rolls Royce are trying to get rid of their electric business.
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OK, but Cessna seaplanes are such a miniscule piece of aviation emissions and fuel usage. When Rolls Royce or GE get anything beyond a concept phase then it's worth taking notice, but right now Rolls Royce are trying to get rid of their electric business.
That's how it starts. But you've seen with solar and wind as well as battery storage, once they get their foot in the door things start to accelerate.
Good idea.... lets add it to the 'further work required' index in the flat-pack manualThink of all the weight saved by not having to have turn indicators and lights
You know it did sound like something I've heard of before.... but of course I am in the Trump/Biden age group, so memory is not a strong point
Bibby Stockholm migrant barge to be closed
The contract for the Bibby Stockholm barge, which houses asylum seekers off the coast of Dorset, will not be renewed past January, the Home Office has announced.Extending the use of the barge, which is moored off Portland, would have cost more than £20 million next year.
The three-storey vessel has capacity for up to 500 men, aged 18-65.
Now run under a Labour government, the Home Office said the move was part of a commitment to “clear the backlog and fix the asylum system”.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg640n3372qo
How many JSO protestors were convicted under this law?
40K per person for those conditions. Someone was having a laugh.
Here's one example: Just Stop Oil activist jailed for six months for taking part in slow march
Absolute insanity.
Absolute insanity.
I cannot find a total number, but it looks like double digits from all the press releases from police forces.
From December 2023:
"Police began using section 7 to tackle Just Stop Oil’s protests at the end of October, arresting 60 people taking part in a march in Parliament Square. In a campaign of slow march protests carried out by the group between then and 4 December, 470 of the group’s supporters were arrested 630 times, with about half of those arrests under the new law."
His first Kings Speech (39 Bills) Starmer is not standing for any nonsense.
I suppose if there are one or two new Labour MP's who fancy ruining their parliamentary careers, first time out, he will oblige.
There is a lot of work to do PM, keep their noses to the grindstone.
Just listened to the Newsagents podcast, they had someone from Ofcom on there.
Jesus Christ how awful are Ofcom?! Absolutely terrible to hear.
Jesus Christ how awful are Ofcom?! Absolutely terrible to hear.
There is a reason why GB News get away with a lot, Ofcom are awful.
Yep, that was basically the basis of the conversation.
Remember it’s very important to have a labour government for some reason.
The peace and quiet.
Party politics over starving kids.
Early days and all, but give him a chance isn't looking such a great plan.
Early days and all, but give him a chance isn't looking such a great plan.
Thankfully Starmer put the country before party politics by threaten MP’s with losing the whip!
Labour have suspended 7 MPs for voting against the Labour Party as part of an SNP amendment
I support getting rid of child poverty but just not now!
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Let the spineless cowards reveal themselves.
The same old faces on here will have all the excuses prepared for them.
The same old faces on here will have all the excuses prepared for them.
Feck me.
Imagine being a Labour Government and Suella Braverman taking the moral high ground against you on child poverty.
Imagine being a Labour Government and Suella Braverman taking the moral high ground against you on child poverty.
Also just saw Diane Abbott also didn’t vote to scrap the two child benefit cap
As if she gives a feck about any kids, she is doing so to suit her own needs.
I'm amazed the Government didn't vote to alter its own legislative agenda.
Don't worry, Rashford will be on the case
Also the SNP are a bit rich, they've had ample opportunity to address the issue in Scotland. I'm not sure why they haven't considered a means benefit type introduction where the people who need it most are able to get more than the 2 child limit. Surely that would cost less.
Budget
So more of the same, like most predicted.
Abstained on the vote
OK, I’ll bite.
Here’s what I want in this country:
- a four day working week
- rent control and affordable housing
- childcare and parental leave that promotes having children
- schools that teach critical thinking and an NHS that is once again the envy of the world
But here’s what the ‘few billion’ (from memory) that lifting the cap would do for the immediacy; add a percentage point to the offer to striking NHS workers. This can help make a deal and stop doctors from striking. It could also mean a percent of doctors / NHS staff thinking of quitting in the next 6 months / 1 year won’t, giving the NHS a bit more time and staff.
I swear to God, some people on here, “same old shit”, “more of the same” blah blah blah are just fecking pathetic. Labour have been in power for 3 weeks but the country isn’t immediately a socialist Shangri-La so feck those Red Tories. Take a look in the mirror and grow the feck up!
We all want the same thing, but we can’t click our fingers like a fecking genie and go, “POOFT” sorted!
Hooray for change!
Threatening members for practicing their democratic right is all time anti democratic. Disgrace to suspend members of the party for having an opinion.
That's how the parliamentary system works in the UK.