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This is so clearly not the case. If it were Putin would have no need for the 150k mobilisation just listed. Even Russia confirms 300k dead. If there were a surplus of munitions Russia would use them but it cant so it has not got the supplies. The latest stuff taken out has been made in the last few days. They are running out of reserves and stock piles. Doubt the data just look at the video count. Only this week a 100 armoured taken out in just two days. The numbers are there. Trying to demilitarise Ukraine is like trying to take out Hamas. One down and 2 in its place. Trump is a Putin puppet and truth central now owned by byte dance.

^^^^^^ This. Not sure Putin's demise will be enough looking at the FSB grooming of replacements. The attrition of Russian cannon fodder is unreal and it's clear that that much of the munition fire rate (apart from artillery) is limited to production rates. Maybe there is hope from within Russian society standing together against their own slaughter. The only good we can hope from this is that we are seeing a far stronger European commitment to self defence.

Laugh all you like. The right says the BBC is left. The left say it is right. The majority of the News desk reporters are from right leaning journalist sources. They are of course not allowed to express a view. At least where its happening the Russians are paying a premium for the benefit. Mark up on mark up. Legal cases on some of those exports are starting to happen. Russia is doing so well on it's fuel exports that it has blocked the sale of diesel. On it's crude it's trading in Yuan and even this is now suspect with secondary sanctions against China banks. Ukraine is not rapidly loosing ground and the cost of advance to Russia, where it happens, is extreme. If you are following Andrew Perpetua, he is documenting loses at 7 to 1 visually confirmed. There can be no ceasefire only a Ukraine win. If Russia wins we will all be shedding blood.

Now i see. 👍

Looking at the book (which is not so great) it could be either distinguished by its song. More restricted to mature woodland. Both described as summer visitors this is the picture from the book it looks almost identical.

Thanks Yellow Bear 👍 I had the bird book out looking at the pics and it's not so obvious (to me) from the pic. good news is after sitting on the bench for half an hour its flown off.

Crashed into my window. Very small around the size of a wren?

👍 Disappointed that a life time of service was not followed up with an OBE 😞

And pesky pensioners.

The current rise of labour is a reflection of a dissatisfaction with the tories. The opposite was true of the last swing to the Tories. It is what the UK needs to keep things somewhere in the centre whilst we get to grips with our diminishing world role. Looking across Europe there is a rise in right wing anti immigration politics much of which is funded by Russia. Russia is winning the information war is winning by sowing the seeds of discontent. I am sure Reform will no doubt be on the same trajectory. The problem for the extremes of politics is holding the position together coupled with the lack of any positive offer. A great example (I hope) is the collapse and infighting of the Ultra MAGA position in the states. We have to hope that the current galvanising of the European politicians and the shift to a war time footing, together with the grinding sanctions, will be enough to hold the Russian advance. At least for now until Biden can get additional resources released.

Is that stuff mostly with the EA? Unfortunately all that stuff has been chopped in the name of costs savings. I am close to Cheddar reservoir. When the water bans started last year I wrote to the water authority telling them they had no right to bring in a ban (they did not) as they had a reservoir extension in the plan for the last 20 years and have not built it. I was invited to join a residents panel to work on the plan. 🤣 The problem with the one hear none of the locals want it even though they all cherish the reservoirs as part of the 'natural' landscape.

Balance is what most of us want. Happy with prosperity, happy with profit but not at the expense of those less fortunate, disenfranchised. The country needs labour for balance following the disaster government we currently have. Our political system requires politics to flip as often as possible to maintain some measure of balance. If i recall you were the one that thought Trump and Boris had some merit. 🤣 It's often not about the colour of the party but the organisation within it. Starmer is making all the right noises to have a decent crack at change. That said he is unlikely to abolish the lords, get rid of first past the post, overhaul the NHS, tackle the war between Russia and Europe, resolve the Brexit disaster (maybe he will try). Meanwhile..... The rest of Europe is moving to a war time footing.

Some may want to project a neutral or even left leaning stance but the motive will be power and profit a right wing objective.

Maybe you should have voted Corbyn. The companies are privately owned, largely from pension funds. You would expect and want money to be invested in the company to tackle issues of supply. Investors won't do it without a return.

The wealthy are most likely to be on the right of politics. The wealthy will have greater propensity to fund the media.

If we leave it to the market the market will by it's nature fund the right of politics hardly a balanced view point. They will be bought by our enemies. Even Truth Social looks like it's now backed by China.

I cannot believe the regulator has not asked them to tackle these problems up front and allowed them to increase water prices to do it.

If it's commercial it can be bought. If its government it can be swayed. GB news is a load of ....... Your statement we have enough left wing media sums it up. We have enough paid for media. The BBC is the nearest we have to independent, lets keep it that way. The government in power is likely to see BBC bias against it as it is the government in power. Better to give the BBC x million settlement from each 5 year term parliament going forward (fixed by statute) a new remit to investigate and examine the performance of each government going forward.

They have no statutory right to object on the subject of run off, unlike the Environment Agency but their remit is related to direct flooding rather than overwhelming the sewage system. BBC ? Shareholder feedback my dear. Look at the data.

What would you suggest?

That's why we need to keep the BBC.

This whole story is a pile of poop. The regulator sets the profit. The regulator agrees the spend program for each company and has been pushing for prices to come down. The water companies should be allowed to keep prices in line with inflation and that would have allowed more spending on catchment for sewage. The companies have been focusing on increasing water quality (now some of the best in the world) and upgrading sewage treatment. Run off from new hard surfacing, which causes much of the problem, is increasing exponentially from new building. The water companies have to manage this down the line with no additional resource. Call for sanctions , fines and the like is to misunderstand the cause and the solution to the problem. If the investors are not allowed a market return (prices will increase) they will not invest. Simple's.

Some on here say they drop no problem with HMR. It's not what I find. I prefer .223 particularly as the ranges move out.

All Putin playthings. Anything and everything of controversy is exploited.

Russia is exploiting any issue, any point of friction in the west that it can use to its advantage. Its the volume of fake and disinfo that we are unable to deal with. A Classic is Baltimore Bridge. The moment the bridge hit the water posts on x ; 'It would be better to replace the Bridge than line the pockets of Zalensky'. As a democracy (first past the post) we are unable to deal with the fundamental changes needed to modernise our systems for example housing shortage, NHS, migration, climate change and so on. As the issues are magnified by our enemies, we lurch further to political extremes, Le Penn, Trump, Corbyn, Brexit, or whatever in the hope that change may be brought about. Russia is exploiting discontent with a series of systematic attacks through social media and we have no mechanisms to deal with it. The post above this one is another example. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/world/europe/princess-kate-middleton-russia-conspiracy.html#:~:text=Russian Group Spread Disinformation About Princess of Wales%2C Experts Say,about Catherine and her health. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/24/china-russia-fuelling-attacks-princess-wales-after-cancer/ https://inews.co.uk/news/kate-conspiracy-posts-russian-bots-fact-checked-2974477