BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[PurplePenguin]

Interesting analysis. I'd never thought of it in those terms.

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A quick flick through the history of the channel tunnel and Milton Keynes makes me wonder if it is true though.

 

[briantrumpet]

A quick flick through the history of the channel tunnel and Milton Keynes makes me wonder if it is true though.

Partly why I posted it, so it could be critiqued.

 

[Psamathe]

What I struggle with is how it got that bad before the council noticed.

Without knowing the specifics of that site, from various reports of these massive illegal dump sites the local Councils and Environment Agency was aware, just the failed to "pull their fingers out. eg the recently reported site on land owned by the King near Wigan, residents were complaining to the Council at the beginning of last year yet Council is reported as being "reluctant to act". even last summer the dump caught fire for 10 days, authorities declared a major incident and local school had to be shut. So sounds to me like all the authorities knew, just didn't act.

My local planning dept has a massive backlog on Planning Enforcement where development unquestionably in breach of conditions (or have no permissions) yet resource limitations mean that pursuing these cases it subject to vey long delays. Maybe same for environmental crime?

 

[Pblakeney]

I asked Gemini to translate it into English - not checked for accuracy... but looks reasonable at first glance. Looks pretty much dictated by Putin.

Mélenchon Wants to Bring Russia Back into the "European Concert" and Reopen Nord Stream Pipelines​

The leader of La France Insoumise (LFI) also called for a vote in the Donbas and southern Ukraine to determine the will of the local populations regarding their territorial future.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of La France Insoumise, proposed on Wednesday to "bring Russia back into the European concert" and expressed his desire to see the Nord Stream gas pipelines "restarted."

Now more than ever in the pre-campaign for the 2027 presidential election, the LFI founder held a press conference—attended by the international media—lasting over an hour and a half before LFI elected officials and activists.

"We do not accept the idea that Russia is expelled from Europe"​

"Nord Stream must be put back into operation, and those who sabotaged it must be arrested and punished. Restoring Nord Stream means an immediate drop in energy prices in Europe," explained the Insoumis leader, who has frequently been accused of complacency toward Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine—a charge he denies.

"The question of ceding [Ukrainian] territories to Russia is being raised," he continued. "Whether they are ceded or not... there must be a vote. We must vote in the Donbas and the southern zone of Ukraine so we know what the populations want," he insisted.

"We do not accept the idea that Russia is expelled from Europe," the radical left leader summarized, echoing General de Gaulle's famous vision of a Europe stretching "from the Atlantic to the Urals."

"Non-alignment"​

Mr. Mélenchon spoke in front of the French flag and the UN flag, notably absent was the European Union flag.

"The conditions have never been better to explain why non-alignment makes a privileged partnership with China and India both necessary and possible. These are, of course, regimes that do not suit us," he stated, at a time when LFI members are often criticized for their refusal to label the Beijing government a "dictatorship."

So I was correct on the gas front.
A bit unusual for a left wing party to align with Putin. Maybe they think Russia is still communist. All very weird.