View from my roof of the Buckingham Palace flypast. Not quite front row seats.
Quelle Surprise. A scheme based on evidence, only opposed by the knuckle dragging ignorant with a high sense of entitlement , turns out to be a really good thing.
The level of ignorance is just stunning... Northern Ireland did have lots of guns in the mix once, it wasn't good.
The levels of ignorance here is just mind-numbing. Applauding violent and murderous thugs is bad enough. Not having a clue that the thugs are from the Loyalist community and what that means in the context of Northern Ireland is just maddening. Typical Conservative American: opinionated but clueless.
Dave Shackson
Dave Shackson
Dave Shackson
13 June 1882 | A German Jewish woman, Helene Dorner, was born in Berlin.
In June 1943 she was incarcerated in #Theresienstadt Ghetto and in October 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests
The second amendment can be hard to defend because when things are going even moderately all right, you do not need to own a gun
When shit like this starts happening, though, it's a damn good right to have
Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones
Low emission and clean air zones attract controversy whenever they are proposed, but there is growing evidence that they work in improving air quality. The Bradford zone was followed by a reduction of about 25% in GP visits for heart and breathing problems and survey data shows that the central London zone was followed by a reduction in the likelihood of a person taking sick leave.
Now analysis of health records has found emergency admissions to hospital reduced after the introduction of the T-charge and ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez) in central London. Continue reading...
Hundreds of strangers in Belfast working together. Doing shopping, providing accommodation, driving kids to school, people to hospital appointments.
Have just been told of a woman close to us who hasn't left her house since Monday so we'll be sorting her out today and getting her anything she needs
