The first monarch’s speech to Parliament written by a Labour Government in many years. It is reviewed by the Guardian, who welcome it as radical but not revolutionary departure from their predecessors empowering the state to make life better for people. They conclude by saying, The conditions of frustration that have fuelled far-right insurgencies in…
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Some resurgent interest in Solaris has made me check what I still have. Here as ever are my notes …
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I want to write something on Sick Leave and Pay. Here are my notes …
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I am traveling with Shadowheart and am curious about the best build to use for her. I’ve had a look at a couple of optimisers’ takes on Shadowheart. In this little note, I look at the newcomers and then review an older perspective which comes primarily from Treantmonk. I look at those who comment on…
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Ursula von der Leyen made a speech in which she said the EU had goofed up over Brexit. I have a number of articles collected in response to this speech, which I will add to this page at a later stage. But today I have reproduced an article entitled “Goofy” from EuroIntelligence, because it is…
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A town on the Welsh coast, once a herring fishery port, latterly the ferry port to Eire, who knows what’ll become of it now while we’re out of the EU.
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Miles and More is broken again. I have logged a fault call via their webform. I hear nothing else aprt from the acknowledgement, but four weeks later, I have another go, and it seems to be fixed; I have authorised the use of their “TRAVEL-ID”, which I hope will give me access to their partner…
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Where shall I go next?
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Someone suggested that Lewisham Deptford was the Green’s No 1. Target at the next general election. It surprises me, but I had a look at the last London Assembly Party votes by ward across London. Darker green is the stronger support. This chart shows green votes by ward, and the darkest colour signifies between 800…
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The featured image comes from pixabay and is credited to Heike Baerbel. It has been shrunk. It’s use is controlled by the Pixabay Content licence. … This seems to be aimed at ensuring that pictures in the database are not used to earn an income. The wording on this restriction was unclear to me, and so…
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They’ve just had an election. Things to note
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I came across this article, in business insider, and their No 1, most deadly helicopter gunship is the Ka-52 “Alligator”. I think the picture below/overleaf is dramatic, and I also think shows one in Red Army (or Air Force) livery.
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Again! Can’t remember when I last used, but I need to again and thus have to revise what it. Here are my notes …
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I find it hard to believe, but I have not yet posted my soundtrack of the Internationale which I use as a ring tone to this wiki. Well, here it is! For more see also ringtones and revolution, which talks about the film and Finland Station and explains the featured image.
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