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They don’t have to and mostly don’t want to, but will in preference to no deal if the May deal minus is rejected

The internal combustion engine has been around for 140 years. It’s archaic and time to let it go. There are easy solutions to most emissions problems without anyone giving up anything very much. Air travel remains pretty the only area where there isn’t currently a viable alternative to oil derived fuel. But if we cut back everything else enough then it won’t matter as much.

One track then

I will. There is a site somewhere which shows his quotes on the same issue at different times. Regularly contradicts himself.

Ooh an alt right conspiracy theorist. Lap that one up.

Who is? They must be incredibly unlucky

There are many alternatives to oil based plastics. The place I work doesn't use any non biodegradeable packaging. It looks and feels so exactly like plastic people actually complain we are using it whilst claiming not to. Here is one example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polylactic_acid

Probably went more like this: "I want to invade China, and those pesky Europeans, maybe Mexico and Canada too". Awkward pause and quick thinking. "Erm, I'm sorry Sir, we don't have any ammunition".

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGXLuFNWkAAs6py.jpg Thanks. It echoes what I posted earlier. Transport emissions have continued to grow because shipping and aviation fuels are artificially cheap because they are tax free.

True, that's unrealistic and probably unnecessary. But changing to renewables isnt as difficult or expensive as people think. New technologies are usually only more expensive than old initially until you achieve economies of scale. That's exactly what has happened to wind and solar but yet to happen for transport fuels.

Why do you behave like a reactionary logic less **** on almost every thread when you're capable of better? - shown by the child smacking thread. If you believe its wrong to smack a child are you arguing its wrong to stop unless everyone else does too? The biggest emitters per capita are the developed world. Every person making a reduction makes difference

Of 226 polls since July 2017 204 have shown 'remain' ahead and just 7 have shown 'leave' in front. (15 ties). https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-news-latest-britain-against-leaving-eu-as-poll-of-polls-says-most-now-want-to-stay-a4257476.html

As Jonnyboy says most Asian countries are doing more than us on low carbon production and renewable electricity generation. The only reason Britain has managed to reduce its carbon emissions, even by the modest amount it has is because we have exported our carbon intensive heavy industry such as steel and aluminium making to other countries and North Sea oil production has declined. Accounting for carbon by where it is is consumed rather than produced gives a different picture. For example oil producing Trinidad and Tobago is the second highest carbon emitter per capita in the world. But it doesn't use that oil itself, it exports it to others. Britain doesn't produce as much carbon as it used to, but the amount of carbon we consume - ie how much energy was used to produce and ship the stuff we use, eat, drive with and build continues to be directly linked to GDP and is on the rise again after declining during the financial crisis. Living on a wind blown island importing our energy, metals, plastics, chemicals and air freighted food whilst driving and flying record amounts doesn’t make anyone holier than thou, just ill informed. The only figure which really counts is carbon consumption per capita (per person) not national carbon production, and for that we are still well above the global average.

The UK government should be licensing smaller boats from harbours local to the fishing grounds. They don’t, in contravention of EU guidance.

Four of the most recent five polls show a 4-5% lead for remain so pretty consistent, with one outlier showing much more. It largely depends on how you treat the ‘dont knows’ and ‘would not votes’. The other issue is not what most people think but how likely those people are to actually vote.

I don’t think you’ll get much debate now, whereas ten years ago you would have done. Time has moved on and left it behind thankfully

I never feel old. Most other people seem young though...

Nah. Promises were made. The fact that the people making them either didn’t know if they could keep them or knew they couldn’t but made them anyway makes it worse . It doesn’t excuse anything

Not sure. At least probably a third of current Tory MPs don’t support him. So he’s got the confidence of maybe 200 out of 650 MPs. Combined with his mounting private life issues he might well never get the chance to fight a election

No deal is not what was promised. “Name our own terms” and “easiest deal in history” is what was promised.

Johnson’s position is looking increasingly shaky. I reckon it’s 50:50 if he lasts the week

Agree. The go to antidote to political apathy, the motivator to 'get out and make me king' seems to have become division - 'don't let "them" destroy your way of life' . However the level of violence so far is both small scale and targeted - primarily two tribes battering each other, like Maidstone in a Saturday night. No antifa or come to that far right nationalist is going to be going around attacking elderly people in Wal Mart. That said its obviously a destructive trend.

I was talking about this with an American colleague only yesterday. Far from being glossed over there is blanket coverage of every tiny incident, even and maybe especially those which have nothing to do with politics. My colleagues elderly parents only watch Fox and are scared to go out. You’re being manipulated. Foreigners, losing control, the old days, WW2 and Waterloo, benefits scroungers, tax being wasted etc etc are all part of a calculated strategy. You, apparently, are lapping at the bowl.

I couldn't make out the signature on the Government's letter. Was it Grand old Duke of York?

The Evening Standard reported she was initially barred from the trips because her company "wasn't credible" and only got places after an intervention by a "Mayoral Aide".