AngusTheNerd

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[–] AngusTheNerd@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

The toothpaste tablets come with a little jar you can take in your carry-on luggage. Any boxes for travel would probably be sold seperatly.

 

Tariffs increase as Environment Agency publishes damning data after South West Water owner Pennon Group issues £24.5 million in dividends to shareholders.

[–] AngusTheNerd@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Georganics is a UK producer of dental products I'm rather fond of. They make the effort to be as environmentally responsible as possible. I use their toothpaste tablets to great effect.

[–] AngusTheNerd@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I just so happened to work in that little shop for around 6 months just before it was sold to Morrisons. During that time we were regularly among the top 10 best performing stores in the company, putting most stores in richer places like London to shame.

The queue for the Post Office would sometimes reach the door, it was a very busy place that made plenty of money.

The idea that the store itself is unprofitable is not believable. Either the management they put in there is awful, the business strategy is terrible, or the real reason is something else all together.

 

Closure follows loss of Exeter’s last Crown Post Office in Bedford Street, since when all city branches operated by franchisees or independent businesses.

 

Disposal motivated by replacement of nine year-old supercomputer with £1.2 billion government-funded off-site Microsoft facility.

 

Police and Crime Commissioner seeks Home Office help with wage bill equating to £767,000 a year resulting from suspension of two chief constables in 18 months.

 

Exeter City Council approves own planning application to demolish, rebuild and part-refurbish existing community and sports facilities beside Ludwell Valley Park.

 

A county-wide consensus is gaining traction with most Devon councils already on board and only Exeter City Council standing in its way while County Hall has yet to make up its mind.

[–] AngusTheNerd@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Dartmoor ponies are such a lovely surprise when you come access them. Very kind and gentle. Hopefully this is a success!

 

Bit late but an interesting read. What did you think about the scheme?

[–] AngusTheNerd@feddit.uk 4 points 3 months ago

A.G. Barr of Scotland produce a variety of fizzy drinks, including Barr cola. Can be seen in most medium or above sized shops in the UK, unsure of their availability abroad.

[–] AngusTheNerd@feddit.uk 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Previous government intended to cancel the leg to Euston despite all the work already being done to save money, but hadn't confirmed.

It made little sense because they'd already spent a lot of money to build a good amount of it and would've made all of it a waste.

Not to mention, having a high speed line terminate further than the main line it's meant to take pressure from would've defeated the point.

 

Plans for a new city centre car park in Exeter have been criticised.

Proposals to turn the former bus station site into a car park are part of a public consultation which also involves increasing car park prices across the city.

The Green Party said the plans for a new car park were "ridiculous" and did not "make any financial sense".

The Labour leader of the council said he wants to increase the options available for the use of the site.

The council is considering creating a new Paris Street car park, external on part of the old bus station site which was demolished earlier this year.

Previous plans for offices and a multi-purpose performance venue on the site were scrapped in 2023.

Diana Moore, Exeter Green Party leader, said: "A new car park, right next to St Sidwell’s Point, a place which is meant to be a showcase for sustainability and health, and close to a dangerous roundabout and the new bus station, beggars belief."

Ms Moore said the plan showed a "breathtaking lack of imagination".

She said: "This decision also puts cutting carbon emissions, reducing congestion and improving air quality firmly into reverse gear.

"As existing city centre car parks are underutilised, this decision doesn't make any financial sense either."

The council is also looking at raising prices at car parks across the city centre.

The council's executive met on Tuesday to approve the plan for a six-week public consultation which should begin later in August.

Liberal Democrat group leader Michael Mitchell also raised concerns at the meeting about how the plans fitted alongside Exeter City Council's plans to become net zero on carbon emmissions by 2030.

Phil Bialyk, leader of the council, said he understood the concerns raised by opposition parties but said the council was trying to prepare for different scenarios.

He said: "All this will do is give us the ability to charge for whatever part of the old bus station site we might choose to use as a car park site.

"Having a parking order will increase our options on how we can use this space for the benefit of the people in Exeter."

Mr Bialyk said the council was working on new plans for the area which were expected to be made public in the autumn.

[–] AngusTheNerd@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago

Only 121 votes, a very slim margin.

Central Devon was even closer, a majority of only 61 votes!

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The ballots cast for each candidate with vote share in each constituency plus turnout and the distribution of seats, as they are declared.

The numeric and geographical distribution of Devon’s thirteen parliamentary seats following the 2024 general elections, with all the seats declared, is:

Labour (LAB) 3

Liberal Democrat (LIBDEM) 6

Conservative (CON) 4

 

Labour has officially won the 2024 general election after reaching the required 326 seats.

Speaking in central London, the next prime minister Keir Starmer says "change begins now".

"It feels good, I have to be honest," he tells a cheering crowd.

 

A useful guide for anyone not familiar with voting.

Please vote, even if you feel it's pointless. Democracies fail when people refuse to participate.

[–] AngusTheNerd@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Wholeheartedly agree, best we can do is do business with local shops where possible.

[–] AngusTheNerd@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which would make perfect sense if there was some way of adding '... but don't count my vote if it makes electing the Labour candidate less likely' to your ballot. As it is, the effect of voting Green is to make a Labour government, and therefore any effective action on climate change, less likely. So, your real choice is: A Labour government, that does something (even if it's less than you'd like) or voting Green and handing government back to the Tories, and getting nothing (which is definitely less than you'd like).

I agree, which is why I'm voting Labour in a Conservative stronghold. Granted they would still be the largest party after losing those 4 seats, even if they don't reach majority they'd still be able to make a coalition, most likely with the Lib Dems.

And right now, when Labour are promising to decarbonise the grid by 2030, which may well be impossible, it's especially absurd to insist they do 'more'. 'More' than borderline impossible?

That claim by Labour probably has about 10 caveats that would further delay proper decarbonisation.

We also need to decarbonizing everything, not just the grid. Get people out of cars and onto bikes/transit, switch vehicles to renewables, reduce plastic use and meat consumption etc. Pledges for these would require action that would antagonize the majority of Labours voter base so they'll never make any of substance.

[–] AngusTheNerd@feddit.uk 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

We had these where I worked, what a lot of people miss is these don't actually record until the person wearing it presses a button, it doesn't have the battery life to record, encode, then broadcast video for 8+ hours. No doubt when that becomes feasible they'll give it a go though.

In the UK we have to announce to everyone it's recording. The gangs and thieves know this and don't care. They were happy to attack and rob us when we already had store wide CCTV.

The only deterrent that worked was a security guard we had for a short while, but the company withdrew them because we weren't losing over 5% of our daily take to theft, ignoring that we got the guard because two people had been sent to hospital after being attacked by a gang of youths.

[–] AngusTheNerd@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

People who vote green know they won't win an election, but do so anyway to pressure the larger parties to do more about climate change. The Greens themselves achnowledge this.

However, the pressure won't have much effect until they start actually taking seats from them. Standing down to give Labour a clear shot would destroy their steady gain in momentum and spoil the best chance they've ever had to get more seats.

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