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If you stand outside this morning they will be delivered free of charge straight from Ireland via Eunice 🙄

I do have to ask if delivery companies / Royal mail will be crazy enough to try and deliver today For the safety of the workers I hope not...

Perfect day to fly a kite or go hang gliding Not

This popped up on BBC London news this morning BBC News - Royal Mail: 2.5 million faced Christmas post delays, says Citizens Advice https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60394576 Love the claim that "the vast majority of post was delivered on time" Not here dear not here 🤔

Possibly because everyone is dicking around with Andrew

There's a core of people who won't be satisfied unless tfl bring back the original routemaster buses from the 60s. Not been on the new 63 yet, and my only comment is around the phone holders in the back of the seats as this possibly makes it easier for a snoozing commuter to have their phone snatched. Overall a positive move for London and curious to know where they are recharged if the run low near the end of the route.

In a bizarre twist, the Met Police Federation have said they have no faith in the mayor. BBC News - Sadiq Khan: Met Police Federation has 'no faith' in London mayor https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60375845

I'm sure if you dug hard enough into any large organisation, no matter how well they are at stamping out racism, misogyny, homophobia, and even 'institutional corruption' that you will still find individuals who secretly or amongst friends foster those ideas. With the Met (and UK policing in general) being such a large organisation its possibly a struggle to root out the bad apples who ruin it for everyone especially if they keep their views to themselves or a select few. IMHO, if you look closely the majority of police officers and staff don't hold extreme views / beliefs but sadly those few that do seem to tar the rest when they surface.

Not my area of expertise Wordsworth, but as its within the Mayor's remit maybe you should direct that question at him.

I wonder if the conversation yesterday went along the lines of "I've not got any confidence in your leadership" Followed by Sadiq saying the same.... Sad to see a leader respected by rank and file being ousted by someone who's repeatedly failed to deal with youth knife crime in the capital.

Did you have your hearing aid turned on in the shop Bob? I SAID DID YOU HAVE YOUR HEARING AID TURNED ON DEAR?

Just had another thought If we no longer need to isolate, will the requirement to do a LFT / PCR if we feel ill also be dropped ? If so will that hinder the UKs ability to spot and react to new variants ?

It's not just deaths, although 11% seems a high figure and if there's a new variant then what will that do to the mortality rate, we also need to consider lost days through more people being off sick and the after effects (long covid) and what that does to people and productivity. IMHO the number of cases say it's too early to stop isolating when you catch this virus that is a blood and respiratory condition. Maybe the honest approach is that we as a society shouldn't be driven by the "must go into work unless I'm on my death bed" culture and embrace taking time off when ill or at the least working from home where it's possible 🤔

This lunchtime bojo announced that he intends to bring the end of all covid restrictions forward a month and that in two weeks the 5 day isolation requirement if you catch it will end. Yesterday 314 people died as a result of Covid and 66,183 people reported testing positive (how many didn't report their test results?) Hardly seems over and if you no longer need to isolate, will we see a new spike in numbers where someone (for example) brings it into an office and infects everyone they work with. I worry its a political gesture to win votes and whilst it's possibly designed to keep businesses open it may well have the opposite effect.

He should be prosecuted for animal cruelty, banned from keeping animals for life (and his cat rehomed with a loving owner) and dropped from the team as he is a role model and kids will emulate him. For every action there is a reaction ?

Visible Panty Lines (VPLs) are notorious for showing you where you should be entering your details but not letting you get in. Stick to VPNs instead which are much easier to use 🤓

There was an adjustment a week ago when some channels moved Daft question, did you retune recently?

It does sound like a made up title to give to someone to make them feel important. Surely this work is covered by people in other roles including the "Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade" but I could just be naive

Came across this today which asks are Electric Cars the next "diesel scandal" ? http://a.msn.com/08/en-gb/AATxAda?ocid=se Makes some interesting points, not convinced by it but an interesting proposition.

This was on the BBC London website today BBC News - London postman blames Royal Mail delays on depot backlogs https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60263728

Ah redpost But the issue is that a proposed pay per mile system will replace Fuel duty and VAT on fuel so that the treasury still gets its pound of flesh from motorists Then an additional 5% will be added as VAT on electricity used to charge the car Hence my point about double taxation

If there's any doubt about how motorists are seen as cash cows then this article on the BBC news may be interesting BBC News - Fuel and excise duty must be replaced with new tax, MPs say https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60251046 It did make me wonder that if everyone walked or cycled then how would the shortfall in taxes be made up as it won't come from cars ? There's also a question in mind that if everyone gets electric cars then the government will get VAT on electricity plus under this proposal a payment per mile driven thus taxing drivers twice 🙄

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Be honest as well , there?s lots of people who > might not like it, but does it really effect them, > really really? > > No, much of ED is fairly insulated in its bubble. > > I live in Sevenoaks now, another bubble. > > But it does give us all something to gripe about. Are you the "boy in a bubble" ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_in_the_Plastic_Bubble It may be okay for some but not everyone

As it's a global issue (oil and gas prices) it wouldn't have mattered if we went into a lockdown or not as most of the world did. Blaming the people who wanted a lockdown isn't going to help. It's not an easy fix as global multinationals are putting their prices up to meet demand (there isn't a shortage of raw products) and the wholesale global market needs to be tackled rather than individual governments trying to put a sticking plaster on it. Maybe there needs to be a global collection of governments working together to garner the wholesalers into better prices.

Doh ... you're right 😱