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- PhanLo4
Stop Alison, it's already dead
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- neverscared1
Healthy diet in UK at risk from Mediterranean droughts, experts say
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Fresh fruit and vegetables from Europe will be more expensive as drought and wildfires shrink suppliesA healthy diet in the UK will be put at risk by climate breakdown as European droughts shrink fresh fruit and vegetable supplies, experts have said.
Fresh produce from the Mediterranean, upon which the UK is reliant, will become more expensive and harder to obtain as extreme heat causes yields to reduce, putting a healthy diet out of reach of the poorest in society, according to a report by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).
Many foods imported from the Mediterranean cannot be grown in the UK for at least parts of the year, or have to be grown indoors, using more expensive and energy-intensive processes to protect them and heat the growing space. Many cannot be grown in the UK at scale. The former category includes cauliflowers, broccoli and strawberries. It also includes nearly two-thirds of the cucumbers and tomatoes imported to the UK, and nearly a fifth of the overall supply of onions
- if u are lucky a few africans smuggle some fruit into uk when the cross the mediteranean..neverscared
- yneverscared
- we need to get back to eating turniphans_glib
- beans with sauce all day and winter long...neverscared
- u can fart yourself back into the EUneverscared
- PhanLo0
Painting in public often has strange interactions with allsorts of people, over the weekend, I chatted to loads of passers by but towards the end of the sunday night two Polish guys were hanging out, one is a graffiti writer, who's been out of work as a painter and decorator for a while since he broke his leg and his mate said he made trap music.
They both floated in that street drinking weed smoking style, that is mellow enough but I got chatting to them about their living situation, they were sort of homeless, but in edinburgh, there is very few truly homeless people, there's a lot of services that help people so very few people sleep rough.These guys have been staying in B&B's and I found it insane to hear the rent was £400 a week for a room and a shared bathroom, this was in houses with sometimes ten residents.
So the landlord was pulling £20,000 a month from people who were pretty desperate and they had curfews.The trap music guy had got a flat but it seemed such a deliberately confusing process of getting it all sorted out, he was saying it was quite overwhelming.
I had been in the sun all day and managed to get mild heatstroke so had to apologise as my migraine made me vomit out my triple chicken sandwich at full velocity.
The graffiti guy disappeared and I was left hanging out with the trap guy who had a box full of cd's and clothes he'd found in the street. The housing estate he stayed in was miles away so I ended up giving him a lift home.
Made me feel grateful that I have somewhat of a more stable life.
TWENTY FUCKING GRAND A MONTH!
- The B&B thing came in during covid, but has been going on before that, good little deal for the slumlordsPhanLo
- faccckkkkkknecromation
- neverscared0
Crumbling England: from schools to hospitals, how bad is the current crisis?
Jeremy Hunt vows to ‘spend what it takes’ to tackle school concrete crisis
Chancellor says asbestos in some of same buildings could complicate efforts to fix Raac problem in EnglandJeremy Hunt has promised to “spend what it takes” to deal with the crumbling concrete crisis, as he admitted ministers were also responding to fears the problem was compounded by the longstanding asbestos problem in schools.
Asbestos, which is believed may be present in some of the same buildings affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), could complicate the issue as the government faces increasing pressure to reveal the full list of schools containing the concrete.
There are growing demands for transparency over the extent of the consequences of Raac in public buildings on the weekend before millions of children are due to return to classes after the summer holidays.
- Horp0
Broken Stoke video below really reminds me of Birmingham in the 1970s. It as derelict and neglected as this.
I feel like stuff happened that lifted places out of this kind of mire, but none of what happened was a solid structural foundation for continued development. It was like a bubble in mud. It rises above the surface but it will inevitably pop and collapse back down.
I think the Stoke video is arguably the natural state for British towns and cities. We are no longer industrial, so there is literally nothing to build on. Everything is easier and cheaper ordering online, so the idea of shops bece too expensive to maintain for a much smaller share of the customer base.
Without the cohesion of work, shared spaces, and a community based on routines, rituals and beliefs, it all falls back into neglect. If we are not pack animals then we become lone scavengers.
Smaller communities are going to be the more sustainable option vs big towns and cities. I do feel cities are a thing of the past in terms of community. They are good for administrative business only. Ottowa being a good example. It is the administrative capital and Monday to Friday 9-5 it is populated. At other times, it's an abandoned ghost city.
I spent 6 weeks there a few years ago and I would walk for many miles at weekends, and barely see another person.
- shapesalad-2
I know you lot prefer the Guardian newspaper with its "Hug a migrant" policy, but here's something absolutely disgusting:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news…
The article says:
"University students are now in a desperate scramble to find new accommodation after being kicked out a 'luxury' housing block - which is reportedly set to be used by migrants.
Under plans by the Home Office, hundreds of asylum seekers could move into a 405-bed student block in Huddersfield, that features a cinema room and gym.
The government deal means that more than 150 students who had already signed tenancy agreements have been forced to find alternative housing a week before the start of the academic year."
So... the government would rather house people who have broken the law by illegally entering the country than its own students who are paying for their accommodation and have signed contracts.
Students, who arguably are of greater long-term GDP benefit than those that are immediately a drain on taxpayers money, are being thrown to the streets by the government.
What a mess this country is rapidly becoming... oh sorry - old SS is a racist to bring this to attention, whoops sorry, forgot, not allowed to mention boat people being a problemo...
In other news:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news…
These two tried to snatch an 11 year old girl off the street:
- you really have to stop reading that trashmag. they only focus on the negative side of immigration when in fact the majority just want to earn a livinghans_glib
- and are happy to work hard to do so.hans_glib
- that said the govt response to this is a shower of shite, they're wasting our money by the bucketload trying to look tough and failing,hans_glib
- when they ought to be using all that cash to process these people properly. but that would be going soft on immigrants and we can't have that can we?hans_glib
- Blame the government, not the Guardian lolfadein11
- oh he's still here.pango
- So the story here is the government would rather house migrants than process them and get them onto the job market where they can start paying tax?SlashPeckham
- Mate, are you alright? You keep posting this stuff. Im sure if you posted this on Facebook or Twitter, people would just unfollow you for being miserable fuckIanbolton
- or, the flipside, you'd get more people following you of the same mindset. So maybe share this stuff with your friends if you have any left.Ianbolton
- I'm bored of your constant Daily Mail shitposts like this, and then you come out and play the victim. I'm concerned for you.Ianbolton
- The fact he presumes people of all political persuasions don't accept there is a problem is what's idiotic, he thinks he is enlightening us with his Daily Mailfadein11
- shitposting.fadein11
- anyway, off to hug an immigrant and a tree.fadein11
- Loneliness has followed him his whole life.SlashPeckham
- Go back to your lair.jmckinno
- shapesalad-5
- Did this make you laugh Shape? Did it give you a chuckle?Ianbolton
- It didn't make me laugh at all. Didn't make me anything. I just thought - let's see if it fires up the leftie QBN'rs.shapesalad
- so, you post this shit for attention? Like the Daily Mail posts horrible articles just for clicks - not to be informative.Ianbolton
- Gardener-1
- neverscared-2
Children reaching UK in small boats sent to jail for adult sex offenders
Human rights group finds growing number of cases of minors held among prisonersShe said: “These children are locked down in their cells, not knowing who to call for help, prevented from adequately accessing legal advice and from challenging the arbitrary decision made about their ages by immigration officials upon arrival in the UK. These are children looking for safety who instead find themselves in an adult prison, denied that protection and exposed to great harm.”
Anita Hurrell, head of the migrant children’s project at the children’s charity Coram, said: “It is wrong to criminalise these children and dangerous to send them to adult men’s
- neverscared0
MPs' severance pay to double at next general election
Severance pay for MPs leaving Parliament at the next general election is to be doubled, to more than £19,000.
Former MPs will be paid for four months instead of the current two, while they close their office and manage the departure of their staff.
IPSA, the independent body that sets the rules for MPs' expenses, said the current period was not long enough.
It follows a review of the rules following a public consultation that ended in June.
Previously, only those who lost their seat at a general election, or who stood down at a "snap" election, could qualify for the extra pay.
But following the end of five-year fixed term parliaments, all MPs who are standing down at an election will now qualify.
As before, those MPs who stand down before an election period will not receive the payment.
- shapesalad-5
- Tory 'levelling up' went well.fadein11
- went to uni there. it was grim even in 1994-98trooperbill
- most towns like this now... it's grim.zardoz
- Sad. Industrial town centres have been killed by out-of-town retail parks and underfunding of planning depts.Fax_Benson
- Stoke was hit very hard in the 80's, with zero support after.fadein11
- preferred him when he was happier in the 90s
https://www.youtube.…Fax_Benson - That's actually an interesting videodee-dubs
- "that's not enough chimney to satisfy me".. by far my fav quote from that vid!!dee-dubs
- Once did a show in Stoke, many moons ago. Wanted to go out for a beer and asked the gallery owner where to go...PhanLo
- ...he said he didn't go to pubs really because he had an earing and that was enough to start a fight.PhanLo
- is that where there was a nealry 70% pro brexit ?! would be irrational to expect anything else than a downfall to ghost city with so many people with thatneverscared
- national mindset..neverscared
- nearly all deprived post-industrial towns voted the samefadein11
- had 2 fantastic 'rave' clubs in the early 90's though, a little moody at times though.fadein11
- ^saw fights there a lot in the 4 days I was there. I even ended up punching a guy who slapped his girlfriend in the taxi queue, posi vibes.PhanLo
- neverscared0
Quarter of music industry workers have had no work in EU since Brexit
Survey shows devastating impact of Brexit on music sector, says Independent Society of MusiciansAlmost half of UK musicians and workers in the music industry have had less work in the EU since Brexit than before it, and more than a quarter have had no EU work at all, according to a survey.
The impact of Brexit on the music sector had been devastating, said the Independent Society of Musicians (ISM), which carried out the survey. Restrictions had impaired the viability of making a living as a musician, it said.
The mezzo soprano Jennifer Johnston said Brexit was “quietly killing our world-class music sector” and its impact could not be overstated. “It is time for the government to pull its finger out and reverse some of the damage being done before it is too late.”
- hail zardozneverscared
- Holding all the cards and taking back controlBluejam
- hope it isn't affecting brass bands like Black Dyke or Grimethorpe Colliery.brandonp
- A few folk I knew that would do small tours gave up and got jobs as it just wasn't worth it for them to tour.PhanLo
- On the plus side, we are gaining many African drummers, approx 500 per day, arriving by dingy from France. They like to beat natives more than drums though...shapesalad
- u showed them how the drumming natives works during colonisation... the apex of cruelity all learned from your british hands...neverscared
- the Guardian also ran a piece about how 100s of micro-breweries gone under after Brexit https://tinyurl.com/…dee-dubs
- shapesalad-8
The terrors of war:
https://www.tiktok.com/@rahat.po…Safety in France:
https://www.tiktok.com/@rahat.po…...but it’s not safe enough in France, the offer is better in UK:
https://www.tiktok.com/@rahat.po…
On the boat across the channel:
https://www.tiktok.com/@rahat.po…
https://www.tiktok.com/@rahat.po…Then, finally - after the horrors and traumas of war, for this fighting aged healthy young man, he is finally safe... at the hotel in UK paid for be me and the other UK tax payers. I so relieved he’s safe. I wish he’d share a Spotify playlist of the music he used on his videos, anyone know the artist?
https://www.tiktok.com/@rahat.po…
Follow this poor man’s journey, if enough of us follow him perhaps he can heal from the traumas of war by being a social media influencer on Tikky Tokky:
- Oh dear, downvoters can't face the reality of being taken for a ride up their woke assholes.shapesalad
- Seriously mate, get a fucking grip. Find another website to post all this shit on because i'm sick of all your posts. Maybe post some design stuff?Ianbolton
- https://youtu.be/4A7…Bluejam
- lol bluejamfadein11
- shapesalad-6
- Some guests arrive:shapesalad
- https://static.indep…shapesalad
- no i dont feel my tax money is wasted... thank u very much... 4 stars is exactly the righ treatment .. 5 would be better after all they went fru...neverscared
- feels great to be generous to poor people....neverscared
- generosity to the indigenous poor would feel nicer. and, yes, it is an either/orzardoz
- not its not.... the arier human is of higher quality than the foreigner... zardoz and hitler are high fiving again...neverscared
- how fucked up racist does one have to be to start differentiating to come up with that opinion that it would feel nicer ? top level racist !!neverscared
- There goes neverscared again accusing people of Racism or being aligned with Hitler or Nazis. You have nothing to say, other than playground insults. And...Morning_star
- ...FWIW It's not racism it's xenophobia.Morning_star
- she's qbn's resident daft cunt. set phasers to ignorezardoz
- nope ... zardoz is the one who wants to drive migrants into the sea and murdering them... that what he wrote and thats closer to a murderous maniac regimeneverscared
- than to a little xenophobia its a call to action by him evidently he thinks the british race is superious otherwiseneverscared
- he would not feel better if they get the moneys instead of a migrant... migrants are mainly different color skin.. especially the post... so it falls intoneverscared
- racism as in racism under the fashists as in hitler... not so hard to understand...neverscared
- british nation is that of course not ...all post from ss are muslim or african related so i think the racism classification and zardoz applauding is thereforeneverscared
- fair enough to be called racsim.. hitler was a xenophob too so that works for them all good... if u think its fair game to say . drive them into the sea - thenneverscared
- u clearly lost your humanism.neverscared
- and nazism has no humanism thats why it makes sense to say he is high fiving hitler with his hustle wanting them drown in the sea.neverscared
- white british people as ethnic group not british race .. sorry..lolneverscared
- just imagine a big part of society with a mindset like his to push migrants back in the sea to drown and u have your nazi killing machine achieved.. voila..neverscared
- neverscared-1
- not sure what you're getting at here, but I suspect it's racist....zardoz
- u wanna drive him back to the sea like u wanted with the migrants?neverscared
- or does your anti-humanism stop at a certain salary and only the poor deserve some drowning ? enlighten us...neverscared
- PhanLo0
- tbf, it is sunderland - there are innumerate reasons they could've all gotten diarrhoea.Nairn
- ... but small boats ...Continuity
