“Enjoy life while you can. Because if you’re lucky it’s going to be 20 years before it hits the fan.”
James Ephraim Lovelock CH CBE FRS (26 July 1919 – 26 July 2022)
Lovelock said this in 2008. He’s been pretty correct so far. I think we can safely say it’s starting to hit the fan now. Read more
Americans were voting as started to write this. Coincidentally this was the day in the UK where we traditionally burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament. The bonfire is usually accompanied by fireworks. In America, folk who try to overturn an election and march on the … Read more
How would you feel if the council started to build houses close to yours, at a similar standard to yours, but let out at half of your mortgage payments?
When you sell your house you will not get what you paid for it. You will be in a state of “negative equity”. Due to the stupid way our banks work you will find it difficult or impossible to move house. Even if you have to move house for a better paid job to pay your mortgage! Read more
The government has just fined Southern water £90,000,000 for pouring sewage into the sea.
This is ludicrous beyond belief. Corporations or companies are NOT negligent or dishonest. They are pieces of paper with writing on. PEOPLE are negligent and dishonest. And in these cases, the people are usually high up the tree, and their crime is almost always not taking their role seriously and ignoring their own staff at the bottom of the organization. Read more
Is “War Zone” a strong word here?
Vladamir Putin and the Russian government are waging war on Ukraine, and civilian deaths are currently running at 188 per month (December 2022)
Jeremy Hunt and the UK government are waging war on the NHS and civilian deaths are estimated to be running at around 2000 per month.
Ukraine is generally accepted as a war zone, so, with civilian casualties over ten time higher in England, than in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Read more
There can only be one Universe… Read more
“Only a fraction”. It’s a phrase that is in very common use. What does it mean?
A quarter, an eighth, fifteen sixteenths or maybe seven sevenths? Or is it even vulgar, like twelve tenths?
After a long investigation, taking only a fraction of the time, and using only a fraction of the resources that a prestigious university would use, I have found the answer… Read more
Liz Truss (the benevolent??) has frozen the price cap to £2500 (or more than twice what it was in January). But Liz Truss (the neo-liberal ) has decided that this will be paid for by a loan. Now, who loans the money?
If anyone is wondering how the energy crisis works this may help to make it clear.
There once was a little village miles from anywhere. The little village had 100 houses and two bakers. Each baker made 50 loaves a day, so every house in the village got fresh bread. The loaves were sold for £1 each so each baker got £50 a day in sales. Read more
