feedmegin posted:

The persona being projected is of someone who is unspun, whatever the reality, was my take on it.

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

I'm further to the east than those but definitely South Wales geographically!

quote:

August rainfall brings UK wheat harvest to ‘shuddering halt’

National Farmers’ Union says only farms in south-east England able to start harvest

August’s wet weather has brought this year’s wheat harvest to a “shuddering halt”, the deputy president of the National Farmers’ Union has said.

Guy Smith said farmers outside the south-east of England had been left unable start their harvest their crop because of heavy rainfall this month.

He said the wet weather had made it more difficult to use combine harvesters in the fields.“It has brought the harvest to a shuddering halt for the past 10 days, outside of the south-east,” he said.

“The good news is that yields seem to be above average, but the bad news is that the price is significantly on the slide, not helped because of a heavy harvest.”

Smith said farmers in the south-east had been able to begin their harvest earlier because of earlier hot weather, but that very little had been done in the west and north of England.

“We are not quite sure what the impact is yet,” he said.

Smith said 60% to 70% of the UK’s wheat is harvested between August and September.

Ratjaculation posted:

I've got another week of 3am bat surveys and staying in various budget hotels woohoo

Travelodge only gives you 30m of free internet tho 😳

namesake posted:

Still lolling at the idea of the national unity government expecting Corbyn to join the National Government but not lead it.

OwlFancier posted:

Kinda surprising that britain of all places hasn't figured out how 2 farm in rain.

ThomasPaine posted:

That's pretty bad form. I stay in budget hotels far too often for conferences and research trips and the like and the worst I ever stayed in was an Ibis Budget - fuckers didn't even provide a kettle!

Premier Inn was usually my preference if I could get a decent rate (which you usually can if you book early) because the rooms are real spacious and they have genuinely comfy as hell beds.

I recently discovered that the best thing to look for are serviced apartments. They're often the same price/cheaper than any hotel, and usually way more comfortable. I got one in Sheffield that has a full kitchen/living room and seperate bedroom with en suite for ~£80/night at short notice.

ThomasPaine posted:

Fwiw Stalin was by far one of the more relatable 'everyman' characters amongst the Bolshevik leadership by comparison to his colleagues. If anything the propaganda made him out to be far less 'ordinary' than he really was. Unlike the selfless paragon of Uncle Joe, Koba was a man who loved to get steaming drunk, play dumb pranks, chase girls etc etc. He wasn't a nice guy but he was certainly the kind of geezer you'd recognise instantly down the pub only with max intrigue and in sole charge of a superpower autocracy

Praseodymi posted:

If we're still going over the problems with the tweet, Stalin also wasn't an inexperienced outlier.

Guavanaut posted:

Oh and I saw this while waiting for the changeover in Birmingham New Street and I've no idea what it is but I'm 90% sure it's late capitalism dot jpg and I do not like it.

Guavanaut posted:

Scythes work perfectly come rain or shine, in fact slightly damp grass or wheat is easier to scythe than dry.

I'd be more than happy to do my national harvesting service in August plus all the fried chicken boxes in the world won't save the ruling class when all workers have big blades on sticks.

Ratjaculation posted:

I've got another week of 3am bat surveys and staying in various budget hotels woohoo

Travelodge only gives you 30m of free internet tho 😳

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

https://www.myworkbooth.co.uk/

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

Well this is interesting. I thought the problem would be more to do with crops going mouldy but more to it than that.

https://southsaskfarmer.com/2014/09/04/why-is-rain-such-a-problem-at-harvest/

Guavanaut posted:

Oh and I saw this while waiting for the changeover in Birmingham New Street and I've no idea what it is but I'm 90% sure it's late capitalism dot jpg and I do not like it.

Ratjaculation posted:

Travelodge only gives you 30m of free internet tho

Guavanaut posted:

ThomasPaine posted:

Lol sometimes I wish corbs was the terrifying super-tankie these guys want to convince themselves he is

https://twitter.com/GillianLazarus/status/1163450852310470656?s=19

Sanford posted:

Someone tried to sell me these for our office on the premise of “but you can get three of these in your existing meeting room!” Yes mate as long as you don’t mind walking through the first two to get to the third, you could.

UnquietDream posted:

Theoretically? Hold the police to account and implement/steer policy, for example one of the Plaid PCC's has supposedly started the (sorta) defacto decriminalisation of cannabis in North Wales: https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/qvy4qd/this-is-de-facto-decriminalisation-welsh-police-chiefs-stance-on-weed

Vlex posted:

Don't they mean Hitler?

Private Speech posted:

gurning face of Mr. Dickhead

Guavanaut posted:

You'll have to be more specific.

Gonzo McFee posted:

https://twitter.com/C4Press/status/1163052478054719495

At least after Brexit we'll finally get the Angry White Man's voice heard.

Junior G-man posted:

Ken Clarke or Harriet Harman or The Hat Man are acceptable to the LibDems. Those are therefore the only acceptable choices because the LibDems are the kingmakers. Obviously.

Cerv posted:

hat man?

dunno why Starmer’s name hasn’t been floated seeing as how most everybody else's has.

as the caretaker PM is supposed to be only doing the one thing of arranging an Article 50 extension with the EU before parliament is dissolved, you could contrive a justification for the Brexit secretary being in place to do that while Corbyn’s otherwise engaged.
he’s been loyally in shadow cabinet long enough that he’s not a hate figure to the party left like Harman, but comes from a Blair era background so is popular with the liberal side. that looks like a compromise candidate to me.

mind you, he still doubt he’d get majority in parliament. same as nobody else would. we’re doomed.

National Grid chief gets £1m pay rise for 'strong performance' posted:

Less than two weeks after Britain’s biggest blackout in a decade National Grid has revealed that it handed its chief executive a £1m pay rise over the last financial year to reward his “strong performance.”.

The company’s annual report, published on Monday, shows that John Pettigrew was paid £4.56m for the last financial year, up from £3.65m the year before, for delivering value to shareholders.

The pay-day windfall was revealed as National Grid prepares to publish an interim report on the 9 August blackout which left almost a million homes without electricity, and hundreds of thousands of people stranded in rush-hour travel disruption. The report is due to be released at 7am on Tuesday.

National Grid faces serious questions from the regulator and the government, but has topped up Pettigrew’s £944,000 salary with a bonus of the same size.

Pettigrew, 50, has also received a long-term bonus of almost £2.25m, which is almost £1m more than the £1.5m he was given last year. He also received £283,000 towards a pension and benefits in kind valued at £94,000.

National Grid’s remuneration committee said Pettigrew has “continued to deliver strong performance in his third year in the role” and delivered value to investors and shareholders.

Cerv posted:

hat man?

dunno why Starmer’s name hasn’t been floated seeing as how most everybody else's has.

as the caretaker PM is supposed to be only doing the one thing of arranging an Article 50 extension with the EU before parliament is dissolved, you could contrive a justification for the Brexit secretary being in place to do that while Corbyn’s otherwise engaged.
he’s been loyally in shadow cabinet long enough that he’s not a hate figure to the party left like Harman, but comes from a Blair era background so is popular with the liberal side. that looks like a compromise candidate to me.

mind you, he still doubt he’d get majority in parliament. same as nobody else would. we’re doomed.

Doccykins posted:

Good news everyone! 'Strong Performance' at work is now worth a £1m/yr payrise

thespaceinvader posted:

Delivering value to shareholders does not necessarily include keeping the lights on for customers gently caress's sake we need to reclaim the power industry to be publicly owned and free at point of use for the public.

thespaceinvader posted:

Delivering value to shareholders does not necessarily include keeping the lights on for customers gently caress's sake we need to reclaim the power industry to be publicly owned and free at point of use for the public.

thespaceinvader posted:

Delivering value to shareholders does not necessarily include keeping the lights on for customers gently caress's sake we need to reclaim the power industry to be publicly owned and free at point of use for the public.