Technology moves on … I need one or two more switches for the house.
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What’s happening to the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
Does anyone know the status of the appointment of the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly?
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Employment Rights Bill
Labour’s New Deal for workers, instantiated as the Employment Rights Bill crawls towards the law.
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Power Sockets & Plugs
I need to get on top of this. I need a power lead for my new laptop No 5, which I plan to travel with.
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The King’s Speech
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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Solaris
Some resurgent interest in Solaris has made me check what I still have. Here as ever are my notes …
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Sick Leave/Pay
I want to write something on Sick Leave and Pay. Here are my notes …
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Playing with Shadowheart in BG3
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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Von der Leyen again
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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Fishguard
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. Originally written to support my first visit there in 2023, but occasionally revised as I continue to visit.
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Miles & More
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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Europe
Where shall I go next?
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The Greens in London
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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Pixabay’s Content licence
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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Estonia’s e-voting
They’ve just had an election. Things to note
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