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Rishi Sunak risks failing in his role as "wartime prime minister" unless he takes urgent action given the growing security threat posed by Vladimir Putin, it has been warned, with calls for a significant hike in spending.
https://news.sky.com/story/us-general-warns-british-army-no-longer-top-level-fighting-force-defence-sources-reveal-12798365
The force is due to shrink even further to 73,000 under current plans that will be implemented unless new money is found.
And also:-
Offering a sense of the scale of the challenge faced by the army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, it is understood that:
The armed forces would run out of ammunition "in a few days" if called upon to fight
The UK lacks the ability to defend its skies against the level of missile and drone strikes that Ukraine is enduring
It would take five to ten years for the army to be able to field a war-fighting division of some 25,000 to 30,000 troops backed by tanks, artillery and helicopters
Some 30% of UK forces on high readiness are reservists who are unable to mobilise within NATO timelines - "so we'd turn up under strength"
The majority of the army's fleet of armoured vehicles, including tanks, was built between 30 to 60 years ago and full replacements are not due for years
https://news.sky.com/story/us-general-warns-british-army-no-longer-top-level-fighting-force-defence-sources-reveal-12798365
The CMI surveyed more than 1,000 managers working in UK businesses and public services. It found that just four out of 10 (42%) were open "to a large extent" to hiring people aged between 50 and 64.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64441775
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VRvXEEebYQ (or other podcast platforms)
ETA lots on health policy, some on twitter abuse and Rishi and Keir's similarities.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64397745
The lack of ammunition is the most absurd, since it renders a lot of the expensive kit worthless without it, and the compete inadequacy of our air defence probably.the most worrying.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/10o5vxv/
There’s no way in our current economic state that the armed forces are going to get everything they want, and although the army is in a parlous state, the more urgent near term problem is that we genuinely lack the capacity to defend our airspace.
Albeit that scenario requires massively more Muslim migration than is currently the case.
The real question for defence is do we want to try and play in the Pacific. If we do the carriers should be the major focus of our defence efforts. They are not capable of being deployed without a lot of support from the US right now. Do we want to try and address that?
So I’d say pretty unlikely in that case but I’d also say no big deal,either way.
A decent military will be looking at this, and working out how tanks can be made more effective and survivable on the modern battlefield. As an example (which was already know to a small extent), putting your ammo stores in a bustle is better than in the turret.
Yes, this would mean a delay in obtaining new tanks, but the Ch3 project has been so laggardly that another delay - actually with a good reason this time - is excusable.
I'm sure the PBers who fell for this bullshit will be eager to apologise to the Sussexes.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/tele-s-mandela-hit-on-meghan-and-harry-backfires-20230129-p5cg8g.html
The government should give middle-class drivers incentives to buy a second-hand electric car if climate targets are to be met, experts say.
Demand for used electric vehicles is falling as electricity prices have risen, and the price of used electric cars, particularly luxury models, has fallen. The average price of a used Jaguar I-pace has fallen 14.6 per cent in a year, and the Tesla Model X is down 12.1 per cent.
Cheaper models such as the Nissan Leaf have not fallen as far, by only 1.6 per cent. The price of the two-seater Smart ForTwo has fallen by 1.3 per cent.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/give-middle-classes-help-to-buy-a-used-electric-car-say-experts-slnpc537n
Michael Gove has pledged to bring forward laws to scrap most “feudal” leaseholds in England this year.
Ministers are preparing to ditch rules that bar flat owners from buying the freehold to their property if a small part of their building is given over to commercial use, such as shops.
The government will also make it much easier for leaseholders in flats to take over their buildings and bring them into common ownership to avoid extortionate management fees and ground rents.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/michael-gove-vows-to-scrap-feudal-leasehold-system-this-year-920srddc6
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/30/homeless-people-in-english-hostels-at-risk-of-return-to-streets-as-bills-soar
Remarkable.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/13/tesla-prices-us-europe-slowing-demand-elon-musk
There' must be something else going on (see also Leaver's attributes to Truss vs. Sunak). Something about confidence and brio? Sunak comes across as a bit diffident, a bit dweeby, and that's a Remain state of mind...
Of all the future scenarios we can imagine, the UK fighting tanks battles is one if the more remote ones.
And if it's a question if supporting allies, we'd be more useful if we fielded the same kit.
We long since abandoned any claim to be a competitive supplier of tanks. Cobbling together a new one using old Challenger hulls is a waste of time and money.
Ammo must be a big issue too in any significant large scale action. It seems to be a major limiting factor in the Ukraine War.
That bath stunt by the repulsive Ian Maxwell and swallowed hook, line and sinker by the sycophantic Daily Telegraph might just be the worst piece of journalist puff in my lifetime.
Although The Hitler Diaries weren't exactly a good example of rigorous standards ...
Also, a decreasing amount of our electricity is from fossil fuels. Sure, the last couple of weeks have been dominated by gas but this month as a whole is looking good for electricity production.
Plus, if you charge them up at night when the wind is blowing but demand is low you balance the grid.
2. In reality a large chunk of our generation is zero carbon and most of the rest is natural gas which has a much lower carbon footprint than diesel or petrol
EVs also have the bonus of not emitting NOx, particulates and other nasties into the urban atmosphere. (Though particulates from tyres are still an issue).
https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/does-electric-vehicle-emit-less-petrol-or-diesel/
https://twitter.com/nadhimzahawi/status/1584280847141638144
After he had backed Truss. And then Johnson after Truss resigned.
Rishi Sunak will take a zero-tolerance approach to future breaches of the ministerial code after sacking Nadhim Zahawi for failing to be honest about his tax affairs, senior allies have said.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nadhim-zahawi-sacked-conservative-party-chairman-rishi-sunak-btkw8796l
https://twitter.com/joannaccherry/status/1619960880959225856
But it might prove awkward, depending on what comes out next.
Talking of which:
Exclusive:
Nadhim Zahawi Is weighing up whether to publish a formal response to the Laurie Magnus report
He is furious and feels he was denied the chance to make his case
https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1619960691217276928
If it reaches 30% - like Sweden in one of those projections - I reckon you would see permanent unrest and possible civil conflict. Sweden has ALREADY voted in partially hard right governments
OK, so in some places low bridges and tunnels present a problem, but they're not beyond the wit of man to solve. If they could run wires through the Severn Tunnel I'm sure they could find a solution to the tubular bridges at Conwy.
But every time we try and electrify railways, somebody finds an exciting new way to cock things up.
Most foreign doctors are and have always been from outside the EU. It suits remainers to insinuate that most were from the EU, but it was at no point true.
1 litre of petrol is 8.9 kwh / 2.3 kg of CO2
1 litre of diesel is 10 kwh / 2.7 kg CO2.
So the ~ 550 miles I get out of ~ 50 litres (500 kwh) of diesel produces 135 kg of CO2 - Give or take
4 miles/kg CO2.
How many miles does an EV get out of a kg of CO2 produced ?
So conclude that these figures mean something slightly different.
In particular they probably elide those who regret Brexit in principle, and those who regret the way it has been handled since 2016. And may well elide those who truly regret and those for whom, though it is bad, all the other options are also bad as soon as their attention is drawn to them.
Link to tweet rather than c&p, for the sake of breakfasts.
https://twitter.com/miffythegamer/status/1619787269178802176?s=61&t=OkZFaO7Sr05s0b0DGLULYA
Electric vehicles seem to get 4 - 5 miles/kwh of energy.
In 2022, these figures were 0.193 kg of CO2e per kWh of electricity
( https://bulb.co.uk/carbon-tracker/ )
4 - 5 miles / 0.193 kg of CO2.
Or
20 - 25 miles/kg CO2.
There you go Mike, clear maths that an EV beats even an efficient ICE car for carbon efficiency.
Even if powered from 100% coal fired power stations, the calculation is that an EV will emit less CO2 than the equivalent ICE.
And according to other calculations, burning the oil in a power station to power an electric car produces less CO2 than putting petrol into the equivalent ICE.
Oh, and the massive reduction in particulates. No nitrogen oxides etc etc
But even so, there's still a large difference.
On Monday, prosecutors entered a handbook into evidence that has been provided to Proud Boys members. The guidelines outline everything from the groups ideology, communal initiation procedures, group songs and chants, to bizarre rules banning individual behavior including the wearing of fedoras … and masturbation.
“This is our religion,” reads one rule. “A Proud Boy may not ejaculate alone more often than once every thirty days […] if he needs to ejaculate it must be within one yard of a woman with her consent. The woman may not be a prostitute.”
The rule also denies an exception for cyber-sex with one’s wife.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/proud-boys-trial-rule-book-masturbation-ban-1234666317/
What are you on about? Plants survived for millennia in the 180-300ppm CO2 range; we're now over 400ppm. We also know they thrive at much higher levels of CO2. So what?
But for those of us who don't care whether our doctor is greek or egyptian, it doesn't really apply.
Edit: you edited your comment, so my reply now makes less sense! But I am leaving it up anyway... your original comment was:
"Morning all. This is one of the central lunacies of being so opposed to freedom of movement from Europe, for the hard right."
Some other countries, for example in South America, have less than 1% Muslims.
I'm not really sure what point you're trying to make.
That's increasing every year as renewables increase, surely?
Good morning one and all! Hospital trip today.
It's a mind-virus!
A first post that indicates you may be real, not a Russian troll, in which case, welcome Smart51!