Unthreaded
Front page news on the BBC website:
"Attenborough: Climate risks Africa turmoil"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48928372
"He criticised airfares as too cheap, and said that these should rise to discourage flying."
Says a man who's probably flown hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of miles.....
Mark Hodgson
Oh look the little Charlotte EV PR campaign have created a Facebook page
EV Thank You
....EvThankyou Twitter account
I note the Twitter account dates from 15th November 2018 and before then used the account @EV_TQs
So the campaign is NOT new ..so it's NOT news
My guess is that Charlotte's Mum/Dad work in PR and are using her
Charlotte talking on BBC Radio Nottingham can be found on the below link at 2:21 mins into the show
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07d4r7h
https://twitter.com/Radiobex/status/1148490381119692801
stewgreen
18:46 after starting 10 m ins late Look North is plugging the Lincoln wood waste collection
it is processed into biogas in Hemswell
... why bother ?
Everyone know puts food waste in the compost bin or feeds it i chickens/birds
18:55 They are talking about how barn owls and kestrels are doing OK this year
They recovered from the impact of last years Beast from the East
stewgreen
NEWS: David Attenborough: We 'cannot be too radical' in tackling climate change
https://www.yorkshirecoastradio.com/news/national/2909934/david-attenborough-we-cannot-be-too-radical-in-tackling-climate-change/
I'll term it Radical-Narrative bias
whereby news media will always try to run with the most radical narrative they can find.
stewgreen
BBC radio Lincs what important news do you have for us ?
- "12 year old Charlotte has been putting thankyou notes on pure electric cars all over the country"
..sounds like a PR job to me
- "Attenborough has protested against world leaders like Trump who don't do nough for climate"
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ITV local news begins
- "In a changing climate"
- "Members of the Windrush generation for the very first time"
#1 A recent report from the CCC has said that half of farmer s have been hit by an extreme weather event.
.. quotes Wainfleet flood..caused by a dodgy bank
first voice Clara Goldsmith from the Climate Coalition
Then Richard Bramlt farmer .."we need more ORGANIC matter"
Dr Katie Field ..dyed scarlet hair
Live ..at Yorks Show to guest "So what events have you witnessed
next ..Minette Batters the CCmad head of the NFU
That was first 6 mins of the prog
6:07 Windrush item started
6:10pm rest of the news
https://twitter.com/BBCYork/status/1148567493079896064
June 27th Preview item
https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/sheffields-windrush-generations-farming-trip-to-great-yorkshire-show-is-a-dream-come-true-329137
stewgreen
"Had it not been for Galtieri"
By all accounts we out gunned them heavily and still do. They attacked because they thought Thatcher would crumble.
TinyCO2
May didn't need to take any notice of anyone - she just had to be better than she's proved to be.in her own jobs. Being strong and stable required more than repeating it like a deranged parrot.
TinyCO2
The success or otherwise of any leader can only be judged sometime after they have finished leading. The only time any nation has pushed Trump as hard as they can, Iran, he blinked. We don't know what North Korea is doing probably waiting till Trump is out of office, the trade dispute with China is still on going and its results yet to be seen.
Had it not been for Galtieri Thatcher would have been beaten in 1983 probably the most unpopular PM in history to that point. Remembered only for riots in 1981. I'm still not sure why and how she remained PM after the invasion of the Falklands.
Had it not been for Hitler Churchill would be a minor figure remembered only for the Dardanelles and crossing the floor twice, opposing Indian independence and being involved in returning to the Gold Standard.
Anthony Eden is only just remembered for Suez.
There are many more examples of leaders who until the intervention of outside forces were doomed to an historical backwater. Being involved in an international fiasco like Eden and Galtieri only results in people rememberingyyour name. Trump hasn't really achieved anything to match any of the above, possibly because everyone else is playing a long game. Social media fame is even more ephemeral than other sorts.
we'll see. .
Still In The Dark
@GC I don't make hatey comments ..it is not like my personality
Quote when I labelled someone with a hatey comment
BTW Trump does, but he may be a lot clever than us and operating on a 3D chess level
stewgreen
"Climate change: Water and green energy produced by a single device
By Matt McGrath
Environment correspondent"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48910569
Near the end:
"However there are many tricky steps to go through to develop and commercialise this type of device. There are some inherent drawbacks in that it needs a large area of land to collect enough solar light to be effective at producing water."