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The Palestinian leadership (not necessarily the Palestinian people) are complicit in Palestinians being thrown under the bus through their choice of support, and always have been. The Strait of Hormuz is a significant pressure point for the West, and the Iranians know it. Whether they're dim...

Couldn't agree more. So much of the "accepted science" we hear about in recent times is based on (often weak) correlation with observed data and questionable modelling, without establishing causation.

Sounds plausible. Wonder if it'll fly? 🤪

The cut-off of 2018 is actually helpful as it excludes the distortion effects of the 2020 / 2021 lockdowns. And in the last paragraph states: "The main drivers of the average number of days when air pollution is Moderate or higher are particulate matter and ozone, for urban and rural pollution...

Putting to one side the personal slur, bearing in mind that according to Defra's published Air Quality Statistics, levels of major pollutants present have shown long-term improvements and continue to do so, it seems counterintuitive that "more children than ever before suffering from emissions...

How long before that morphs into "I wasn't there, so couldn't have known"? ;)

We're not French (who have a predilection for administering drugs via suppository) you know 😉

Let's see. I wonder which of the standard excuses will be deployed?

The problem with vacuum testing the integrity of an a/c system is that very minor leaks that take weeks for the system to de-gas to the extent that you notice it’s not working just don’t show up. Pressurising the system is more reliable in finding if the system does or doesn’t have a leak, but...

^ This. The gas doesn’t just disappear, there has to be a leak I’m afraid, Roger. The system really needs to be pressurised with a dye to determine where the leak is.

Looks like the wheels are coming off the SNP’s camper van… https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68850088

How are UK users supposed to smoke it without baccy or fag papers? (Yes, Sunak’s daft bill will make it illegal to buy fag papers too).

Really? Source of information that supports that assertion?

Standard SNP grievance. The amusing thing is that they could only set their own (completely ludicrous) climate change target purely because it is a delegated matter, i.e. it's an area of policy that the Scottish Assembly has authority over. This particular failure was borne of Sturgeon...

Isn't that the truth. I too don't advocate smoking as an activity (nor do I undertake it), and am well aware of the health implications, as will be every single smoker today who hasn't lived as a hermit in a cave for the last 50+ years, but some of the hyperbole from the anti-smoking lobby is...

Couldn't agree more. The underlying message is "We know we're completely ineffective in changing the things you elected us to change, or manage the things you elected us to manage, so we're going to virtue signal by enacting righteous legislation that does nothing to improve your lives, even...

If the underlying intention is to ban cigarettes, then yes. But prohibition doesn’t have a great track record, does it? (Just as a reminder, cannabis consumption in the UK has been illegal since 1928. That’s been a roaring success).

Personally, I would be inclined to check outside for myself if ASH told me it was raining. They are a single-issue pressure group not known for having a strong relationship with facts, but who have been instrumental in championing legislation that badly backfires. Let's take the Plain Packaging...

While I completely understand the attraction of a single identity device - an ID Card - in part in recognition of the myriad issues that the British State has managed to create for itself through its own incompetence, I'm also acutely aware of the substantial risk of identity theft /...

Just reminded me: if you want to do some exploring of scenic roads, Michelin maps are absolutely the best for that sort of area. Any road depicted with a green edge to it is classed as “picturesque”. You can also get an online version of the identical cartography at ViaMichelin