Don't worry about it. The Chinese also invented gunpowder, and then literally didn't invent guns because they were using it for fireworks. They love fireworks. They will always use technology for fireworks. They can't help themselves.
Day 24 of my mini insect photo a day challenge for #30DaysWild and this has been the weirdest month, too cold for them at the beginning, now too hot for majority of them
Anyway back to the tried and tested, good old damselfly today ❤️🤗😰☀️ @Nottswildlife
Taxing dodging in Britain increased by £6.4bn last year and has now reached almost £60bn annually. Remember that next time you see a politician on telly trying to sell the public the latest callous austerity policy.
This is Lord Rothermere the owner of the Daily Mail.
He lives in a massive mansion in the English countryside, but he pays no tax here because he identifies as French.
While the Daily Mail is registered in Bermuda and pays no tax anywhere.
That is his ‘Patriotism’.
We had a chance to vote in a General Election less than two years ago. We voted Labour into power by a landslide (however loveless and however low the share of the vote). For Andy Burnham, who wasn’t even on the ticket as a parliamentary candidate in 2024, to be imposed on the country as our Prime Minister by Labour Parry members and affiliates (if there’s even a contest) feels - though within the rules - a little undemocratic. The British public, whatever they may think of Keir Starmer, would be relegated to being by-standers to their own future.
French President Emmanuel Macron pulls off what could be the greatest diplomatic troll of all time by getting Trump to sign the "$300 Billion US Surrender to Iran" deal in... Versailles. The ignoramus Trump will have been clueless as to the historical significance of the location
Nigel Farage is wrong. LGBTs have NOT won everything we asked for
Thousands suffer hate crimes & abusive attempts to change their sexuality
Many hide their identity, fearing rejection by families & religious communities
Social media is a cesspit of anti-LGBT+ hate
After a night of nonstop bombardment, I learned that the son of our lovely elderly building concierge has died from frontline injuries. His soldier son, her grandson, died two weeks ago. She is still wearing her black mourning scarf. She will not take it off. This is this war.
When Notre-Dame burned in 2019, the world stopped.
Today, Russia damages Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a monastery nearly 1,000 years old and older than Notre-Dame itself.
A thousand years of history deserves the same attention, the same sympathy, and the same protection.
Morning @DavidLammy my trial last week was delayed …. because the printer wasn’t working properly.
The other week another trial I was in was delayed for 4 hours because the prosecution hadn’t edited the victims video evidence.
I could go on but trust me- the backlog is not caused by juries!
If the Michelle Mone yacht worth £10 million is confiscated and the £148 million owed to taxpayers is 'paid back' that's £158 million right there in the defence pot.
Oh and let's not forget the £500 million owed in taxes by M'Lord Bamford.
#BBCLauraK