A word of advice ... for any up-coming election ...as a precautionary measure ..you understand.
Don’t mention May

Scottish version of May’s Brexit deal

Farage on betrayal of UK over Brexit

Whilst on that subject:

"The Climate Change Hypocrisy Of Jet-Setting Academics"

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-dolsak-prakash-carbon-tax_n_5abe746ae4b055e50acd5c80

Recently, we witnessed a fascinating conversation among a few of our professorial colleagues about their frequent flyer status on a prominent airline. Two of them had achieved “Diamond” status ― the very top of the priority boarding pecking order. They spoke the most and were the loudest. The others, with either Platinum or Gold frequent flyer medallions, also noted how “busy” they were with “all this travel.”

The group casually mentioned the various benefits ― such as seating upgrades and access to airport lounges ― that come with their statuses, but the bragging was not really about those perks. It was about importance and recognition. After all, only the most successful academics fly around the world, attending conferences, participating in workshops and giving lectures. Congratulations all around!

Also recently, 13 major universities launched the University Climate Change Coalition, or UC3, which seeks to “help local communities achieve their climate goals and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future.” Several of these institutions are also participating in the Climate Leadership Network, a larger group of colleges and universities that have made a commitment to “take action on climate and prepare students through research and education to solve the challenges of the 21st century.”

But while these universities are working to help their communities take on climate change, academics are accumulating big carbon footprints with their jet-setting professional styles. As The New York Times noted, “Your Biggest Carbon Sin May Be Air Travel.”

This is a notable disconnect between what universities preach and what their culture incentivizes and their star professors do. Academics are probably among the people most aware of the threats posed by climate change. But might their own carbon-profligate lifestyles undermine their moral authority to demand that coal miners, Teamsters working on oil pipelines and mining-dependent Native American tribes sacrifice their own economic well-being to fight climate change?

...When we have gently confronted our colleagues about carbon footprint issues in the past, we have received these sorts of reactions:

We bike to work (or drive a Prius or a Leaf), therefore international or cross-country travel is OK.

Because we are the global experts, travel is required to disseminate knowledge and to solve global problems.

We buy carbon offsets.

....Universities routinely require professors to fill out annual reports. What if these reports included a section on air travel? The university’s website could provide a carbon calculator that uses a standardized metric to assess the carbon airprint of their faculty’s professional travel.

In 2014, our school, the University of Washington, undertook a similar exercise. UW’s analysis of travel reimbursement data suggested that its professional travel that year amounted to 136 million miles and created 23,811 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent....

Indeed, one rule for them, another for us plebs:

"An Extinction Rebellion spokesman said: “If Emma Thompson wants to come and help out, that's great, she's using her platform which is incredibly valuable to anyone.

“If she has to fly around the world like a climate lawyer might have to fly around the world, it seems counter productive in the short term but we are looking at the bigger picture.”"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/04/18/emma-thompson-accused-hypocrisy-takes-overnight-flight-la-take/

The justification for Emma Thompson's massive carbon footprint is that her's is a contribution to a bigger picture.

Yeah and the picture is that there is one rule for them and another for us plebs.

WE GOT THE MESSAGE, NOW GET ON AND DO AS YOU SAY!

DaveS - loads of people have read it and thought 'yes please'.

But I think that he's just a tease.

Typical diplomat:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/04/18/electing-true-believer-brexiteer-next-tory-leader-will-wreck/