You know this man.
He's the guy who tried to blame New Zealand for being so good at eradicating Covid19 they do not need an emergency roll-out of the vaccine (then deleted).
For whatever reason, when I read that 👇I thought maybe this detail he mentions could be worth a read.
Ladies &gentlemen - & I kid you not- one of the "strict condition and mitigation measure" to make damaging the environment "OK" is to damage it even more by *killing all flowers* with "industry-recommended herbicide"
"To save the bees let's get rid of flowers"
cc: @GeorgeMonbiot
It's not a joke
(link here: gov.uk/government/pub…)
"To save the environment let's get rid of it!"
Also to me this seems to be pre-announcement of "GMs to save the environment" -as if there was an existing mean to do that they'd use it instead of killing flowers not to kill bees
For reference: The breeder's view
(Basically saying both GMOs and chemistry are needed for competitive advantage) cpm-magazine.co.uk/2020/08/05/sug…
And, from 2008 -BTW why are they so many aphids crops are now endangered?
Expect to be surprised -not sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/…
(*there*, not they)
Anyway this govt/CPA/Syngenta meeting seems to have been very interesting (that’s *a lot* of black but doesn’t the 1st line suggests someone from Syngenta also is a three-letter position in CPA?)
Also what was the rest of the agenda? assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
Hello again @EmmaEHoward@lawrencecarter1@ChloeFarand@matjhope@GeorgeMonbiot
Indeed the association (well firm) ”representing the industry” got the ban lifted from products of one of its directors’ other firm
+I can but wonder if Monsanto is mentioned on the hidden agenda ☝️
Yes what could have been on this agenda?
In other totally unrelated news the firm calling itself an association welcomes a move that means potential juicy contracts for two firms coincidentally headed by two of its own directors
Colour me surprised cropprotection.org.uk/newsroom/2020/…
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Hopefully security services have started monitoring closely the inauguration perimeter and people involved in the insurrection
As it’d be surprising if some of those who weren’t arrested and others emboldened by lack of consequences of such actions weren’t planning something
Honestly?
I’d dragged this guy there whether or not he’s OK with it, to lower the risk of radicalised morons considering another armed riot or worse things like an explosive device
To QAnon this is invitation: He states he disagrees / no risk to potentially harm him
FTR in France, there is concern that pupils wearing masks and 15-minutes ventilation every two hours in school, together with social distancing, class bubbles and hand-washing may not be enough.
Just saying.
Ok first morning at school with a mask for my 8 years old -his 4 year old brother is not to wear one.
People we have a problem.
My youngest son is dead jealous that his brother has masks with pretty butterflies on it and WANTS ONE TOO (emphasis his).
Ok ok I'll get some more
It makes sense not to have any confidence in the current UK govt.
So don't.
But listen to the scientist who have been calling for action for weeks. They know what they are talking about.
NHS staff know what they are talking about.
Other governments know as well.
James doesn't.
You want to hold the govt to account?
Here's a list:
-Why did it wait for weeks instead of following science?
-When will it stop sending Covid money to its cronies and use it to fund local authorities/qualified suppliers/the NHS, and to support impacted businesses/people instead?
Because if this lockdown is not used to set a functional test/trace/isolate system, that can but mean another one will be necessary soon
And if businesses/people don't get the support they need, yeah, the economy will be devastated
But how to do that? 👇
I see that ”Brexit would have been great if it wasn’t for Remainers!” rhetoric is back.
So one more time:
There’s no great Brexit.
EFTA Brexit = higher cost -and wasn’t on the table
Out of SM/CU =paperwork/queue/higher costs for exports/imports.
And unsolvable issue of NI border
The problem with a ”great Brexit” is not that ”Remainers wouldn’t cheer for it”
It’s that it doesn’t exist in this reality.
Many people tried to explain that -but the alt-reality had an unchallengeable platform
Don’t blame Remainers, blame the lack of safeguards against fake news
The debate truly should have been between what’s possible and what isn’t, but it was twisted as a ”battle of opinions“.
And still is.
Which is totally unhelpful.
What's at stake?
Arguments pro-reform: "More efficiency, less expensive"
Arguments anti-reform: less representation (small parties would be the more impacted) & (as Liliana Segre said): "Parliament is the highest expression of democracy, it can't be considered just as a cost."
Why is it happening BTW?
It was an electoral promise from the Five Star Movement, part of the coalition deal with the PD to set a government instead of going for elections as Salvini wanted
Prognostics are "Yes" is set to win (officially supported by 5SM, Lega, PD)
“There are better way to organise healthcare! Look at privatised testing/tracking system. Isn’t it much better when the NHS isn’t in charge? Let’s use this pandemic to push for privatisation, otherwise sick people abuse the system by having access to it“ templeton.org/grant/encourag…