This map regarding children losing their parents due to the COVID pandemic is emblematic. The UK is the only red country in Western Europe. It shows how bad the Conservatives have done compared to other big European nations.
European natural gas prices now back to July levels and close to halving from the top. I’m not sure where we’ll end up this winter, it might very well halve again. If it does, it would still be 2-3 times higher than periods of “high“ prices pre-2021. But the bubble has popped.
@CllrScottArthur @Edinburgh_CC Can you tell me how many bins were removed from circulation in Edinburgh in the last couple of years? Suspect if they were still in-situ this bin would be 1/4 full.
When a tax-avoiding non-dom billionaire-owned newspaper, which always represents its owner's interests & relentlessly demonises anyone making calls for progressive taxation or improved working conditions, offers a competition to prevent readers dying, you're living in a dystopia.
Holy cow. The folks who predicted the October price cap within 50 quid accuracy now saying price cap will be 5386 in January and 6616 in April. Ofgem boss urging caution on all future estimates but bloody hell…