BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[briantrumpet]

What is it about far left *and* far right that makes them admire Putin and want to rehabilitate him despite his threat to Europe? Genuinely, what's the benefit they envisage? (Here, it's the ultra-socialist Mélenchon.) Is it ideological, or is there a lot of money swilling around to buy their support (or both, or something else)? I can't see that there's an electoral advantage.

 

[briantrumpet]

Two arrests made over the illegal rubbish dump in Oxfordshire. It's going to cost £9.6mn to clean up, which they are going to try to recover via the Proceeds of Crime Act, but seems unlikely.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7m3ezr80yo

 

[First Aspect]

Two arrests made over the illegal rubbish dump in Oxfordshire. It's going to cost £9.6mn to clean up, which they are going to try to recover via the Proceeds of Crime Act, but seems unlikely.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7m3ezr80yo

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

 

[matticus]

An interesting follow-up on the fly-tipping case:

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...ordshire-field-contains-rubbish-from-councils

Arrests made: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7m3ezr80yo

(I thought the trail had gone completely cold!)

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[briantrumpet]

Arrests made: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7m3ezr80yo

(I thought the trail had gone completely cold!)

Ooops! Cross-post!

I was going to do a

 

[Pblakeney]

What is it about far left *and* far right that makes them admire Putin and want to rehabilitate him despite his threat to Europe? Genuinely, what's the benefit they envisage? (Here, it's the ultra-socialist Mélenchon.) Is it ideological, or is there a lot of money swilling around to buy their support (or both, or something else)? I can't see that there's an electoral advantage.

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Europe still on the teat of Russian gas?

 

[briantrumpet]

Europe still on the teat of Russian gas?

But you'd have thought that would have been the governing parties trying to play a bit nice, making excuses. What's the benefit for Mélenchon, as if they governments are exposed, he could be hitting them with the accusation? I don't understand why he'd be arguing for it, when it's not electorally useful. Anyway, France isn't much exposed to the Russian gas thing while their (aging) nuclear capacity is still on-line.

 

[briantrumpet]

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

 

[BoldonLad]

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

Exactly! Where they (the criminals) using invisible lorries to deliver the waste to the site!

 

[BoldonLad]

What is it about far left *and* far right that makes them admire Putin and want to rehabilitate him despite his threat to Europe? Genuinely, what's the benefit they envisage? (Here, it's the ultra-socialist Mélenchon.) Is it ideological, or is there a lot of money swilling around to buy their support (or both, or something else)? I can't see that there's an electoral advantage.

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Yes, a puzzle, but, I suppose it reflects the wide range of views of any subject, and, as always, if you don't agree with something, it is usually difficult to see why others do.

 

[BoldonLad]

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

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That does not surprise me 😂