Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Utterly catastrophic
What a year of government. Dramatic failure on every front
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Utterly catastrophic
What a year of government. Dramatic failure on every front
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Total net migration in 1997 was 48,000. We're on course for that kind of number from small boats alone this year.
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Utterly catastrophic
What a year of government. Dramatic failure on every front
As so often in Norway, having hiked up a mountain in the daytime drizzle, it’s now gloriously warm and sunny of an evening, and with sunset time here 2305 today, there’s plenty of time for a walk, once my dinner of mixed seafood, roast beef and venison, and almond cake, has settled down.
Trump hinting at deporting naturalised citizens in recent speech: Trump- “We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time… many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too"
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Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Total net migration in 1997 was 48,000. We're on course for that kind of number from small boats alone this year.
A gross figure can't really be close to a net figure. Numbers don't compare like that.
AstraZeneca’s chief executive has discussed shifting the company’s stock market listing to the US in a move that would deal a huge blow to London.
Sir Pascal Soriot has reportedly spoken of his desire to move the listing to the US in private meetings and suggested moving AstraZeneca’s domicile away from the UK.
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Total net migration in 1997 was 48,000. We're on course for that kind of number from small boats alone this year.
A gross figure can't really be close to a net figure. Numbers don't compare like that.
I assume the small boat figure is net too, unless we have people escaping across the Channel to France.
Himself. A year ago Labour were elected with such a massive majority that they could have ignored the right wing media and put through policies that would have benefited their natural support. Instead, by being Rishi Mk2, he has lost his support to Reform. I have a message for Starmer. You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Utterly catastrophic
What a year of government. Dramatic failure on every front
Who expected them to be THIS bad?
It's the equivalent of another Swindon every six years!
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Utterly catastrophic
What a year of government. Dramatic failure on every front
Who expected them to be THIS bad?
It's the equivalent of another Swindon every six years!
What's the gender balance like in this New Swindon?
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Total net migration in 1997 was 48,000. We're on course for that kind of number from small boats alone this year.
A gross figure can't really be close to a net figure. Numbers don't compare like that.
I assume the small boat figure is net too, unless we have people escaping across the Channel to France.
Well, presumably some of the people who've arrived by boat in the last few years will have been deported or left of their own accord.
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Utterly catastrophic
What a year of government. Dramatic failure on every front
Who expected them to be THIS bad?
It's the equivalent of another Swindon every six years!
Trump hinting at deporting naturalised citizens in recent speech: Trump- “We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time… many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too"
If only he could focus on dealing with the actual 'bad people' in America. It ought to be easy. The biggest of them is right there in the mirror.
OT: An interesting project in National Parks for 'more accessible paths', called "Mile without Stiles".
They work with 3 levels of "accessibility":
For All Gradients will be no more than 1:10. The surface will be tarmac or compacted stone with a diameter of 10mm or less. Suitable for pushchairs and unassisted wheelchairs.
Miles without Stiles - Access For Many For Many Gradients may be up to 1:8 on newly built sections. The surfacing will be stone of 4cm diameter or less. Suitable for assisted wheelchairs and more robust, all-terrain type equipment.
Miles without Stiles - Access For Some For Some Slopes greater than 1:8 will have improved surfacing or handrails. Stone surfacing will be less than 10cm in diameter and steps or breaks less than 10cm in height. Suitable for robust all-terrain type equipment and off-road mobility vehicles.
(I would quibble with those definitions - they need another level at the top with 1:20 hills max and sealed surfaces, but it's good to see some things being done nonetheless.)
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Utterly catastrophic
What a year of government. Dramatic failure on every front
Who expected them to be THIS bad?
If you think this is bad just wait until the doctors fk Wes Streeting
Oh no, it's laconic reactionary man of the world time.
It's almost enough to put me off putting the finishing touches to my summer sausage pasta speciality.
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
I have a bunker play lesson lined up. First one ever. Natural talent only takes you so far.
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Utterly catastrophic
What a year of government. Dramatic failure on every front
Who expected them to be THIS bad?
It's the equivalent of another Swindon every six years!
What's the gender balance like in this New Swindon?
Yawn. You should have retired for today with your 'indicative vote' quip.
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
Nobody says earning a living is easy. Suck up the flint.
Leaving children, the elderly, or vulnerable people to suffer because there is no air conditioning, rather than developing an air conditioning plan, is completely absurd.
To fail to plan is to plan to fail.
Which planet is she on?
Planet normal. Climate austerity is killing people. Every home should have air conditioning.
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Utterly catastrophic
What a year of government. Dramatic failure on every front
Who expected them to be THIS bad?
Er. Many of us. You were the mug who voted for them.
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
I have a bunker play lesson lined up. First one ever. Natural talent only takes you so far.
I think you’re notably boring and cramped and closeted and middlebrow and sadly incurious. You know this. I’ve never hidden it. Nor have you ever hidden your wincing petit bourgeois distaste for my appalling racist blah blah whatever
Fair enough
But the truth is this is worse than being on holiday with you. This is like being on holiday with an ultra distilled platinum tipped version of your worst traits, multiplied into a dozen people, and served up with deep frozen trout somehow burned to radioactive blackness in a land full of fresh trout
I want to go back on heroin. I have three more days to go
It's very clear - once you start handing money out to people you can't stop.
Article on the BBC last week said in many (most?) countries, disabled people get their additional costs paid for, ie:
- if they need equipment, Govt buys the equipment - if they need taxis, Govt pays the taxi company
etc etc.
That would change the whole dynamic and dramatically reduce amount paid out re mental health.
Certainly it seems that the well-meaning desire to have mental health issues treated with equivalence to physical ones is a big reason why we’re now in this financial mess. For while there are undoubtedly many people with serious mental health issues meriting treatment and support, it is also easier to fake a mental health condition, as the many videos on social media telling people how to complete their PiP claims clearly indicate, and without any face to face assessment it’s obvious that people who shouldn’t be getting the benefit are slipping through.
It is pathetic , any tom dick or Harry can get PIP, benefits etc etc. An absolute shambles. how can we hav e26% disabled versus Europe which is less than a quarter of that. Freeloaders is the answer
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Utterly catastrophic
What a year of government. Dramatic failure on every front
Who expected them to be THIS bad?
I expected them to be a little worse really.
I'm really impressed with Starmer and Reeves in particular.
Obviously it's a Labour government, so one has to adjust ones perspective. (And if I put party politics aside for a moment I can honestly say that they are an improvement. Dreadful but an improvement.)
Party politics still off - they really have the most ghastly set of MPs on their benches.
Party politics on, and with the mega super battery pack fully charged... The Tories will do far better once they are returned to power.
We really are in a pickle, and the only really clear and obvious thing is that the whole Farage show (let's call it the FSS) would be far worse. I suspect that there are sensible politicians somewhere in the FSS - they need to do something a bit special. (Habib, Lowe, and anyone so far to have wasted our time are definitely FSS. Worse still are the should-be-in-prison-on-general-principles mob)
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Utterly catastrophic
What a year of government. Dramatic failure on every front
Who expected them to be THIS bad?
If you think this is bad just wait until the doctors fk Wes Streeting
He will just roll over and give them what they want and present it as a win
IFS state removing clause 5 (4 point pip thing) means this bill will now INCREASE the welfare bill by 100 million a year Utter catastrophe for the government and they still had 49 rebels
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
Nobody says earning a living is easy. Suck up the flint.
True. Whenever, in future, someone says “oh Leon you have an easy life drifting from place to place as other people pay” I shall point them at THIS assignment and say “I too have suffered”
I should get an extra hardship payment
The next time a retired Librarian from Newent with his wife Moira says “oh WE never read the daily mail” like it’s some lifetime achievement of BBC-approved beigeness I’m going to take my tiny Bulgarian cutlery and stick it in his f*cking rheumy eyeball
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Utterly catastrophic
What a year of government. Dramatic failure on every front
Who expected them to be THIS bad?
If you think this is bad just wait until the doctors fk Wes Streeting
Compare and contrast the rewards available to Doctors, Tube Drivers and those seeking to work 35 hours a week with 51 weeks holiday in the private sector. Your answer should not contain screaming.
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
Nobody says earning a living is easy. Suck up the flint.
True. Whenever, in future, someone says “oh Leon you have an easy life drifting from place to place as other people pay” I shall point them at THIS assignment and say “I too have suffered”
I should get an extra hardship payment
The next time a retired Librarian from Newent with his wife Moira says “oh WE never read the daily mail” like it’s some lifetime achievement of BBC-approved beigeness I’m going to take my tiny Bulgarian cutlery and stick it in his f*cking rheumy eyeball
Turn them against each other. Quiet words in ears, false rumours and so on. Then retire and watch the fireworks.
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
Just get pissed ?
I’m somehow so paralysed with painful boredom I can’t even work up the energy to drink the local moonshine. Or anything
Tomorrow I may have to try. Either that or I jump down the nearest karstic cave
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
I have a bunker play lesson lined up. First one ever. Natural talent only takes you so far.
I think you’re notably boring and cramped and closeted and middlebrow and sadly incurious. You know this. I’ve never hidden it. Nor have you ever hidden your wincing petit bourgeois distaste for my appalling racist blah blah whatever
Fair enough
But the truth is this is worse than being on holiday with you. This is like being on holiday with an ultra distilled platinum tipped version of your worst traits, multiplied into a dozen people, and served up with deep frozen trout somehow burned to radioactive blackness in a land full of fresh trout
I want to go back on heroin. I have three more days to go
That was chatbot, wasn't it.
"Do me 75 words in the style of a pretentious, self-admiring man of a certain age who confuses a vocabulary plus hackneyed reactionary mindset with intellect and originality."
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
I have a bunker play lesson lined up. First one ever. Natural talent only takes you so far.
I think you’re notably boring and cramped and closeted and middlebrow and sadly incurious. You know this. I’ve never hidden it. Nor have you ever hidden your wincing petit bourgeois distaste for my appalling racist blah blah whatever
Fair enough
But the truth is this is worse than being on holiday with you. This is like being on holiday with an ultra distilled platinum tipped version of your worst traits, multiplied into a dozen people, and served up with deep frozen trout somehow burned to radioactive blackness in a land full of fresh trout
I want to go back on heroin. I have three more days to go
That was chatbot, wasn't it.
"Do me 75 words in the style of a pretentious, self-admiring man of a certain age who confuses a vocabulary plus hackneyed reactionary mindset with intellect and originality."
Nope, that was 100% hand carved artisanal me, with all its flaws, and served with real human passion
This is grim. Also, YOGHURT. The only remotely edible food here is the yoghurt
The usual self serving rubbish from a GOP "moderate" who voted for Trump's latest excrescence.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5379603-murkowski-gop-tax-bill/ ...Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) labeled the process that brought her to vote for the GOP’s gargantuan tax and spending package “agonizing” and said she hopes more is done to improve the bill, including through both the Senate and House going to conference to finalize it. Murkowski told reporters after the vote that she “struggled mightily” with the impact cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could have on vulnerable populations...
"It's so hard for me; I feel awful about crapping on all you voters".
Im honestly not sure what the market reaction will be to the government showing its fiscal probity by reforming welfare in a way that increases the bill by 100 million a year instead of saving 5 billion
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
Nobody says earning a living is easy. Suck up the flint.
True. Whenever, in future, someone says “oh Leon you have an easy life drifting from place to place as other people pay” I shall point them at THIS assignment and say “I too have suffered”
I should get an extra hardship payment
The next time a retired Librarian from Newent with his wife Moira says “oh WE never read the daily mail” like it’s some lifetime achievement of BBC-approved beigeness I’m going to take my tiny Bulgarian cutlery and stick it in his f*cking rheumy eyeball
Turn them against each other. Quiet words in ears, false rumours and so on. Then retire and watch the fireworks.
lol! That’s actually not a bad idea
There are two slightly interesting guys here. One is a mad tattooed retired hippy from Devizes but he’s weirdly taken to his bed with some “gastric illness”. I suspect he’s faking and he’s fine he just can’t bear it any more
"For decades, Jaguar stood for a blend of British engineering, performance, and luxury, an identity that helped the brand build loyalty among customers who valued refinement and heritage. But in its attempt to reinvent itself for a new era, Jaguar now finds itself facing one of the most severe sales declines seen in the European automotive market. In April 2025, the company registered just 49 vehicles in Europe, a 97.5% drop from 1,961 units sold during the same month the previous year."
Have we done this yet?
I'm sure there were some other factors but this is absolutely hilarious. Go woke...
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
Just get pissed ?
I’m somehow so paralysed with painful boredom I can’t even work up the energy to drink the local moonshine. Or anything
Tomorrow I may have to try. Either that or I jump down the nearest karstic cave
Go back to your room and practice your kalsarikännit ready for Finland; not that you need any practice, being an expert already from when at home.
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
Just get pissed ?
I’m somehow so paralysed with painful boredom I can’t even work up the energy to drink the local moonshine. Or anything
Tomorrow I may have to try. Either that or I jump down the nearest karstic cave
I have to confess I'm loving the idea of your bring driven to distraction by a group if harmless septuagenarians.
Just think of it as a gentle corrective to the belief that the world owes you constant entertainment.
"For decades, Jaguar stood for a blend of British engineering, performance, and luxury, an identity that helped the brand build loyalty among customers who valued refinement and heritage. But in its attempt to reinvent itself for a new era, Jaguar now finds itself facing one of the most severe sales declines seen in the European automotive market. In April 2025, the company registered just 49 vehicles in Europe, a 97.5% drop from 1,961 units sold during the same month the previous year."
Have we done this yet?
I'm sure there were some other factors but this is absolutely hilarious. Go woke...
I still regret the Tories defeating that other one in Durham. She'd have beaten Starmer and been very entertaining.
Laura 'Never Kissed a Tory' Pidcock; absolute box office, and would guarantee 1000 year Tory Reich; comedy gold, and a character, for those with long memories of the great days of the Daily Telegraph, a character straight out of Peter Simple.
The usual self serving rubbish from a GOP "moderate" who voted for Trump's latest excrescence.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5379603-murkowski-gop-tax-bill/ ...Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) labeled the process that brought her to vote for the GOP’s gargantuan tax and spending package “agonizing” and said she hopes more is done to improve the bill, including through both the Senate and House going to conference to finalize it. Murkowski told reporters after the vote that she “struggled mightily” with the impact cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could have on vulnerable populations...
"It's so hard for me; I feel awful about crapping on all you voters".
"crapping on all you voters"
That even has the air of taking the piss. Which is actually a non-trivial part of the Trump project.
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Total net migration in 1997 was 48,000. We're on course for that kind of number from small boats alone this year.
A gross figure can't really be close to a net figure. Numbers don't compare like that.
I would assume the net number of people crossing the channel in small boats is pretty damned close to the gross figure, so that's not really an issue to be pedantic.
"For decades, Jaguar stood for a blend of British engineering, performance, and luxury, an identity that helped the brand build loyalty among customers who valued refinement and heritage. But in its attempt to reinvent itself for a new era, Jaguar now finds itself facing one of the most severe sales declines seen in the European automotive market. In April 2025, the company registered just 49 vehicles in Europe, a 97.5% drop from 1,961 units sold during the same month the previous year."
Have we done this yet?
I'm sure there were some other factors but this is absolutely hilarious. Go woke...
Ahahahaha
Thanks for cheering me up
That is surely the End of Wokeness. That’s it. Right there
No one wants this shit any more and now it is actively and powerfully hated. I bet my fellow holidaymakers in the Rhodopes thoroughly approve of the new Jaguar branding
IFS state removing clause 5 (4 point pip thing) means this bill will now INCREASE the welfare bill by 100 million a year Utter catastrophe for the government and they still had 49 rebels
"For decades, Jaguar stood for a blend of British engineering, performance, and luxury, an identity that helped the brand build loyalty among customers who valued refinement and heritage. But in its attempt to reinvent itself for a new era, Jaguar now finds itself facing one of the most severe sales declines seen in the European automotive market. In April 2025, the company registered just 49 vehicles in Europe, a 97.5% drop from 1,961 units sold during the same month the previous year."
Have we done this yet?
I'm sure there were some other factors but this is absolutely hilarious. Go woke...
"For decades, Jaguar stood for a blend of British engineering, performance, and luxury, an identity that helped the brand build loyalty among customers who valued refinement and heritage. But in its attempt to reinvent itself for a new era, Jaguar now finds itself facing one of the most severe sales declines seen in the European automotive market. In April 2025, the company registered just 49 vehicles in Europe, a 97.5% drop from 1,961 units sold during the same month the previous year."
Have we done this yet?
I'm sure there were some other factors but this is absolutely hilarious. Go woke...
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Total net migration in 1997 was 48,000. We're on course for that kind of number from small boats alone this year.
A gross figure can't really be close to a net figure. Numbers don't compare like that.
I would assume the net number of people crossing the channel in small boats is pretty damned close to the gross figure, so that's not really an issue to be pedantic.
Certainly it's been fine boating weather this spring.
Im honestly not sure what the market reaction will be to the government showing its fiscal probity by reforming welfare in a way that increases the bill by 100 million a year instead of saving 5 billion
Is the number of Labour MPs on the media who are sure that welfare must be reformed but have not a single thought as to a single measure which would save a farthing a finite one or is it, as appears, infinite?
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
Just get pissed ?
I’m somehow so paralysed with painful boredom I can’t even work up the energy to drink the local moonshine. Or anything
Tomorrow I may have to try. Either that or I jump down the nearest karstic cave
Rakija is quite drinkable (although the best I've had was in Peja, Kosovo, and made from hazelnuts). Bulgarian wine is good, but craft beer probably hasn't made it to the Rhodopes
"For decades, Jaguar stood for a blend of British engineering, performance, and luxury, an identity that helped the brand build loyalty among customers who valued refinement and heritage. But in its attempt to reinvent itself for a new era, Jaguar now finds itself facing one of the most severe sales declines seen in the European automotive market. In April 2025, the company registered just 49 vehicles in Europe, a 97.5% drop from 1,961 units sold during the same month the previous year."
Have we done this yet?
I'm sure there were some other factors but this is absolutely hilarious. Go woke...
Is this a spoof or true? They did a sort of rebrand recently in pink which elicited some hilarity on PB. I decided on the spot to stick to the 12 year old Micra because I wanted some cred with the gang.
AstraZeneca’s chief executive has discussed shifting the company’s stock market listing to the US in a move that would deal a huge blow to London.
Sir Pascal Soriot has reportedly spoken of his desire to move the listing to the US in private meetings and suggested moving AstraZeneca’s domicile away from the UK.
That would be really bad, but the warning signs for this have been visible for a long while now, not that there's been any evidence of anyone in government particularly noticing, so we could hardly say that it would be a surprise.
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
I have a bunker play lesson lined up. First one ever. Natural talent only takes you so far.
My best advice for bunkers is not to hit it in them.
What brought down Johnson despite his massive majority was sending out ministers to defend the indefensible, only to leave them swinging when he changed the policy. Starmer seems to be copying his modus operandi.
Is there any one willing to run the "Save Big Donkey" campaign, or will the crown pass to the delightful Ms Rayner? She wouldn't have pushed this bill so incompetently. She is good at politics.
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Utterly catastrophic
What a year of government. Dramatic failure on every front
Who expected them to be THIS bad?
Er. Many of us. You were the mug who voted for them.
I voted for them too. The troubling thing is that they were and still are the best option for government available.
Does anyone seriously think that Reform have or will have a workable 10 year plan for sane government? Millions of their voters are from the group most dependent on the welfare state in every aspect.
"For decades, Jaguar stood for a blend of British engineering, performance, and luxury, an identity that helped the brand build loyalty among customers who valued refinement and heritage. But in its attempt to reinvent itself for a new era, Jaguar now finds itself facing one of the most severe sales declines seen in the European automotive market. In April 2025, the company registered just 49 vehicles in Europe, a 97.5% drop from 1,961 units sold during the same month the previous year."
Have we done this yet?
I'm sure there were some other factors but this is absolutely hilarious. Go woke...
Is this a spoof or true? They did a sort of rebrand recently in pink which elicited some hilarity on PB. I decided on the spot to stick to the 12 year old Micra because I wanted some cred with the gang.
It’s true. They just stopped making any new cars. Having a rest.
Europe is awash with record numbers of US tourists this year, says the FT. Certainly my anecdotal experience so far.
They’ve all been complaining about the lack of a/c (as has Marine Le Pen).
I booked a week in Lille in August a couple of years ago, forgetting that cheap hotels in Northern France don't have A/C. The room was was unpleasant, and sleep difficult. Decent town, though.
What brought down Johnson despite his massive majority was sending out ministers to defend the indefensible, only to leave them swinging when he changed the policy. Starmer seems to be copying his modus operandi.
Is there any one willing to run the "Save Big Donkey" campaign, or will the crown pass to the delightful Ms Rayner? She wouldn't have pushed this bill so incompetently. She is good at politics.
She should very publicly offer him a piece of cake and put her thug life shades on
"For decades, Jaguar stood for a blend of British engineering, performance, and luxury, an identity that helped the brand build loyalty among customers who valued refinement and heritage. But in its attempt to reinvent itself for a new era, Jaguar now finds itself facing one of the most severe sales declines seen in the European automotive market. In April 2025, the company registered just 49 vehicles in Europe, a 97.5% drop from 1,961 units sold during the same month the previous year."
Have we done this yet?
I'm sure there were some other factors but this is absolutely hilarious. Go woke...
Ahahahaha
Thanks for cheering me up
That is surely the End of Wokeness. That’s it. Right there
No one wants this shit any more and now it is actively and powerfully hated. I bet my fellow holidaymakers in the Rhodopes thoroughly approve of the new Jaguar branding
They won't approve of the new branding but they will disapprove of the people who don't like it, whisper to each other about those awful people and their bigoted views.
This is the story of the games industry, these same types had very loud and public campaigns against "gamers" so the industry changed their output to match the new modern audience demands but it turns out they don't actually play games anyway so the big games publishers are all in trouble after seeing a number of high profile flops while smaller developers ignored it all and continued to make games with sexy female leads like Lara Croft of old and they're seeing huge success. Concord is probably going to be the biggest monetary flop in all media formats of all time for the next decade at least, $400m pissed away with zero revenue.
Europe is awash with record numbers of US tourists this year, says the FT. Certainly my anecdotal experience so far.
Tourist figures for year to date to Ireland were in the news here recently. Down overall, but a big drop in British and European tourists offset by an increase in North Americans. Here it is. NA +11%, Britain -9%, Continental Europe -21%, ROW -38%.
The increase in North American visitors makes sense, since transatlantic airfares are down, because European tourists don't want to risk US border control.
"For decades, Jaguar stood for a blend of British engineering, performance, and luxury, an identity that helped the brand build loyalty among customers who valued refinement and heritage. But in its attempt to reinvent itself for a new era, Jaguar now finds itself facing one of the most severe sales declines seen in the European automotive market. In April 2025, the company registered just 49 vehicles in Europe, a 97.5% drop from 1,961 units sold during the same month the previous year."
Have we done this yet?
I'm sure there were some other factors but this is absolutely hilarious. Go woke...
I'd love to believe that advert got what it deserved, but a 97.5% drop in sales? Does this really pass the sniff test?
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% on the first six months of 2024. The figure for the first six months of this year is also 75% higher than the equivalent figure for 2023, which was 11,433. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vv4ndl4zo
Utterly catastrophic
What a year of government. Dramatic failure on every front
Who expected them to be THIS bad?
Er. Many of us. You were the mug who voted for them.
I voted for them too. The troubling thing is that they were and still are the best option for government available.
Does anyone seriously think that Reform have or will have a workable 10 year plan for sane government? Millions of their voters are from the group most dependent on the welfare state in every aspect.
Labour don't have a workable plan for government either, why are you giving them a free pass?
Europe is awash with record numbers of US tourists this year, says the FT. Certainly my anecdotal experience so far.
I met a huge number in Italy (Amalfi) and Spain (Seville/Granada) this May and June. For obvious reasons I don't mention Trump as you have no idea what their views are, however 100% want to make a point of telling you, unprompted, that they want to disassociate themselves with what is happening. I assume that you can probably split the country between those that have passports and those that don't.
What brought down Johnson despite his massive majority was sending out ministers to defend the indefensible, only to leave them swinging when he changed the policy. Starmer seems to be copying his modus operandi.
Is there any one willing to run the "Save Big Donkey" campaign, or will the crown pass to the delightful Ms Rayner? She wouldn't have pushed this bill so incompetently. She is good at politics.
I favour Wes Streeting. As with any of us of course, I favour him because he appears to match my way of thinking most closely, so I fully accept most Labour supporters probably won't welcome my endorsement.
I do think Rayner would be better than Sir though. Almost anyone would.
"Last week, I attended "Voices from the Amazon: Our Stories, Our Solutions" – an event that brought together Indigenous creatives and activists sharing their experiences with international media. For me, what was clear throughout the event is that much of the UK (specifically English) media, and, indeed, environmental activists' engagement with Indigenous communities around the world continues to be extractive, even when seemingly focussed on 'averting ecological collapse'.
"Instead of asking Indigenous people what they can teach us, perhaps the role of the media for an English audience is to help it engage with a more fundamental question: What can white Europeans, learn about them/ourselves from our historical commitment to the genocide of Indigenous people, and how might this inform their/our understanding of our role in driving current crises?
"This isn't about historical guilt – it's about recognising that the same patterns of domination that drove colonialism continue to fuel environmental destruction today. Until we're willing to face this honestly, our responses to climate destruction (and the many interconnected crises, including global impoverishment of peoples, inequality, genocide, white supremacy, etc) will remain superficial."
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
I have a bunker play lesson lined up. First one ever. Natural talent only takes you so far.
My best advice for bunkers is not to hit it in them.
Easy. That's saved you the £50.
It can be very traumatic winding up in a bunker. One German Chancellor shot himself when stuck in one.
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We said we will turn the page. And we have.
The work of change begins today.
https://x.com/keir_starmer/status/1809123938066211032?s=46&t=CW4pL-mMpTqsJXCdjW0Z6Q
about all youll be left with when Reeves hikes taxes up again
This is Reeves.
Sir Pascal Soriot has reportedly spoken of his desire to move the listing to the US in private meetings and suggested moving AstraZeneca’s domicile away from the UK.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/01/astrazeneca-may-quit-london-in-blow-to-ailing-stock-market/
I assume the small boat figure is net too, unless we have people escaping across the Channel to France.
I have a message for Starmer. You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go
Although if Starmer is cynical he has very little to lose dumping her as she is extremely unpopular.
One year of Starmer, one year of u-turns.
https://x.com/reformparty_uk/status/1940102452310917203?s=46&t=CW4pL-mMpTqsJXCdjW0Z6Q
They work with 3 levels of "accessibility":
For All
Gradients will be no more than 1:10. The surface will be tarmac or compacted stone with a diameter of 10mm or less. Suitable for pushchairs and unassisted wheelchairs.
Miles without Stiles - Access For Many
For Many
Gradients may be up to 1:8 on newly built sections. The surfacing will be stone of 4cm diameter or less. Suitable for assisted wheelchairs and more robust, all-terrain type equipment.
Miles without Stiles - Access For Some
For Some
Slopes greater than 1:8 will have improved surfacing or handrails. Stone surfacing will be less than 10cm in diameter and steps or breaks less than 10cm in height. Suitable for robust all-terrain type equipment and off-road mobility vehicles.
(I would quibble with those definitions - they need another level at the top with 1:20 hills max and sealed surfaces, but it's good to see some things being done nonetheless.)
50 Lake District Routes:
https://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/visiting/things-to-do/walking/mileswithoutstiles
20 Peak District Routes:
https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/visiting/miles-without-stiles
I’m trapped in the rhodope mountains with a group of septegenarian Remainer trainspotters. It’s fucking ghastly
I’m basically on holiday with PB. It’s not good. They are so frigging fecking f*cking boring with their tedious little lives and their pathetic little whines and their stupid Remainery moans about “the Tories” and I hate them and I’m going to throw them in a chasm tomorrow. Why are these people so dull???
It’s like being trapped in a microlight with @kinabalu and @IanB2 for all eternity as the former enthuses about golf and the latter shows photos of his dog’s bottom and the food is cooked by BULGARIANS
Biggish rebellion
It's almost enough to put me off putting the finishing touches to my summer sausage pasta speciality.
hidden your wincing petit bourgeois distaste for my appalling racist blah blah whatever
Fair enough
But the truth is this is worse than being on holiday with you. This is like being on holiday with an ultra distilled platinum tipped version of your worst traits, multiplied into a dozen people, and served up with deep frozen trout somehow burned to radioactive blackness in a land full of fresh trout
I want to go back on heroin. I have three more days to go
I'm really impressed with Starmer and Reeves in particular.
Obviously it's a Labour government, so one has to adjust ones perspective. (And if I put party politics aside for a moment I can honestly say that they are an improvement. Dreadful but an improvement.)
Party politics still off - they really have the most ghastly set of MPs on their benches.
Party politics on, and with the mega super battery pack fully charged... The Tories will do far better once they are returned to power.
We really are in a pickle, and the only really clear and obvious thing is that the whole Farage show (let's call it the FSS) would be far worse. I suspect that there are sensible politicians somewhere in the FSS - they need to do something a bit special. (Habib, Lowe, and anyone so far to have wasted our time are definitely FSS. Worse still are the should-be-in-prison-on-general-principles mob)
Well,done Starmer.
Useless.
We’re riding for a fall sooner rather than later.
Utter catastrophe for the government and they still had 49 rebels
I should get an extra hardship payment
The next time a retired Librarian from Newent with his wife Moira says “oh WE never read the daily mail” like it’s some lifetime achievement of BBC-approved beigeness I’m going to take my tiny Bulgarian cutlery and stick it in his f*cking rheumy eyeball
Tomorrow I may have to try. Either that or I jump down the nearest karstic cave
"Do me 75 words in the style of a pretentious, self-admiring man of a certain age who confuses a vocabulary plus hackneyed reactionary mindset with intellect and originality."
This is grim. Also, YOGHURT. The only remotely edible food here is the yoghurt
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5379603-murkowski-gop-tax-bill/
...Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) labeled the process that brought her to vote for the GOP’s gargantuan tax and spending package “agonizing” and said she hopes more is done to improve the bill, including through both the Senate and House going to conference to finalize it.
Murkowski told reporters after the vote that she “struggled mightily” with the impact cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could have on vulnerable populations...
"It's so hard for me; I feel awful about crapping on all you voters".
There are two slightly interesting guys here. One is a mad tattooed retired hippy from Devizes but he’s weirdly taken to his bed with some “gastric illness”. I suspect he’s faking and he’s fine he just can’t bear it any more
"For decades, Jaguar stood for a blend of British engineering, performance, and luxury, an identity that helped the brand build loyalty among customers who valued refinement and heritage. But in its attempt to reinvent itself for a new era, Jaguar now finds itself facing one of the most severe sales declines seen in the European automotive market. In April 2025, the company registered just 49 vehicles in Europe, a 97.5% drop from 1,961 units sold during the same month the previous year."
Have we done this yet?
I'm sure there were some other factors but this is absolutely hilarious. Go woke...
Just think of it as a gentle corrective to the belief that the world owes you constant entertainment.
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/business/jaguar-has-stopped-building-xe-xf-and-f-type-i-pace-and-e-pace-stop-dec
That even has the air of taking the piss. Which is actually a non-trivial part of the Trump project.
Thanks for cheering me up
That is surely the End of Wokeness. That’s it. Right there
No one wants this shit any more and now it is actively and powerfully hated. I bet my fellow holidaymakers in the Rhodopes thoroughly approve of the new Jaguar branding
Easy. That's saved you the £50.
Is there any one willing to run the "Save Big Donkey" campaign, or will the crown pass to the delightful Ms Rayner? She wouldn't have pushed this bill so incompetently. She is good at politics.
Does anyone seriously think that Reform have or will have a workable 10 year plan for sane government? Millions of their voters are from the group most dependent on the welfare state in every aspect.
£5,000,000,000
£2,000,000,000
-£100,000,000
This is the story of the games industry, these same types had very loud and public campaigns against "gamers" so the industry changed their output to match the new modern audience demands but it turns out they don't actually play games anyway so the big games publishers are all in trouble after seeing a number of high profile flops while smaller developers ignored it all and continued to make games with sexy female leads like Lara Croft of old and they're seeing huge success. Concord is probably going to be the biggest monetary flop in all media formats of all time for the next decade at least, $400m pissed away with zero revenue.
The increase in North American visitors makes sense, since transatlantic airfares are down, because European tourists don't want to risk US border control.
I do think Rayner would be better than Sir though. Almost anyone would.
"Last week, I attended "Voices from the Amazon: Our Stories, Our Solutions" – an event that brought together Indigenous creatives and activists sharing their experiences with international media. For me, what was clear throughout the event is that much of the UK (specifically English) media, and, indeed, environmental activists' engagement with Indigenous communities around the world continues to be extractive, even when seemingly focussed on 'averting ecological collapse'.
"Instead of asking Indigenous people what they can teach us, perhaps the role of the media for an English audience is to help it engage with a more fundamental question: What can white Europeans, learn about them/ourselves from our historical commitment to the genocide of Indigenous people, and how might this inform their/our understanding of our role in driving current crises?
"This isn't about historical guilt – it's about recognising that the same patterns of domination that drove colonialism continue to fuel environmental destruction today. Until we're willing to face this honestly, our responses to climate destruction (and the many interconnected crises, including global impoverishment of peoples, inequality, genocide, white supremacy, etc) will remain superficial."