BigTwerp

Probably not but doing less evil is better than doing nothing.

This is something that CoPilot or ChatGPT is actually good at. Depending how messy your data is you might need to several iterations to get what you want and you will need to cross check the results. If you can, use a pdf editor to delete all the information you don't want. I use foxit for this. Foxit can also save a pdf as excel but if the tables are an image or are complex it will not format very well at all.

I might holiday in Croatia this year after all!

What the fuck is Scotland doing wrong?

https://www.essex.gov.uk/news/2024/three-new-schools-open-start-autumn-term

Three new primary schools for £31m within a short commute of London.

63/10.3 = 6 Primary schools.

...and based on your reply that education is sorely needed.

Or about 3,500 small but very deadly drones (UK made of course)

If you cherry pick a badly run upgrade to a run-down hospital in the middle of a city as an example then of course the numbers will be high. If (like me) you choose a badly needed community hospital in a more remote and deprived area then £30m is easily enough.

I don't want a penny of my taxes going on these particular elections since it is a massive waste and your flawed logic isn't going to convince me otherwise.

Interesting to see what happens when people vaguely competent are running the show, isn't it?

Absolutely, for the low, low price of two new hospitals and a new primary school some more people get to join the grift train for a few months before the council they are elected to ceases to exist. Worth it.

Good.

A good article as ever by the Secret Barrister.

I do think though, that TSB faith in Judges, CPS lawyers, Barristers, to accept even miniscule changes to the current status quo is misplaced. They are very entrenched in their ways and resist change.

Part of me wonders whether the sledgehammer approach is intended to shake them out of their inertia so they might accept actual pragmatic changes to the system.

This is completely at odds with my experience living in India! Does it vary between regions?

I have that exact coat and can tell you that it really isn't particularly warm. Even with three layers below it isn't good below about -5c and is particularly bad in the wind.