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Gene Editing is not the same as Genetic Manipulation. The latter involves splicing genetic material from 2 differing species together, perhaps a genetic sequence for the production of a specific oil is added to a plant that does not naturally produce that oil. Editing is a technique where a genetic 'weakness' is corrected - for instance to make a plant resistant to drought or higher temperatures. ( Also, remember that spontaneous mutation is quite a normal event in nature ). Almost all foodstuffs, vegetables, fruit, and meat, come from sources that have been 'genetically modified' by selective breeding and cross-fertilisation. Practically none of our food comes from "pure" natural species - fish is probably the largest foodstuff that is genuinely ''natural' For those of you that think that a post Brexit Britain should look more towards the US, this technique is already approved for some crops in the US and Canada.

It may be shit but at least he HAS a brain, you just have a void space between your ears that acts like an echo chamber for whichever trite news headline you have encountered that day.

What about the injection of bleach, or finding some way of getting artificial sunlight inside a patient's lungs ?

I don't mind admitting that the same warped system that gave Bliar a massive majority with little more than 30% of the electorate and 43% of the vote also gifted BoJo his majority, but your claim about the "majority of the electorate" was just plain wrong - no spin required, and not an 'old chestnut'. Governments in the UK are elected with a majority of seats at Westminster yet with little over 40% of the votes cast, and with the positive affirmation of less than a third of the total electorate. It works both ways, and the 2 major parties have no interest in changing it, but true democracy it aint.

History suggests that the Duke of Wellington could not have fought the Battle of Waterloo without the aid of the Dutch army of the Prince of Orange, and that the Dutch Staadtholder William "saved" the British crown from Catholic usurpation when he became King William III.

The majority of the votes cast at the GE did not go to the Tories, let alone their having the support of the "majority of the electorate". And she was right in calling out the mysogonistic, islamophobic, and homophobic rants of Boris.

Hey, i just like destroying GM's delusions. I'm not saying the Dems don't do it - from my point of view the US Political setup is deeply corrupt all round, and as a definition of Democracy falls far short of even the UK version.

FYI: Biden hasn't had a year in office yet, and he started in the dog's dinner of a pandemic response that Trump left, let alone trying to deal with the toxic fallout from the Jan 6th coup attempt. My chickens would probably make better Presidents than Trump - at least their heads are still attached.

A withdrawal from Afghanistan that Trump precipitated; a surge in Covid due to people folowing the "scamdemic" theories Trump suporters adhere to and promote; the migrants are always there; the deadlock in Congress is due to Republicans and Democrats refusing to work together on ideological grounds - many Republicans still support the "stolen election" falsehoods, and many Republican states are bringing in new gerrymandering laws to limit the access to polling sites in predominantly Democratic wards. If DT had won the election the Afghan situation would have been the same, ditto the migrants and thedeadlock in Congress. The Covid situation may well have been worse.

"Labour conference: Not right to say only women have a cervix, says Starmer" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58698406 They have obviously identified the important issues that are affecting al of us.

A shot on target in our case is a tame toe poke that just about has enough pace to beat a snail over 2 yards and trickles into the GK's gloves.

Every fucking time.

Do you honestly think that things are likely to change in the next 3 months ? I think it is fairly easy to predict where we will be by Xmas.

How many saves did their 'keeper make ?

I remember when, as a lad, buses were run by the Council, you could watch the Great Liners dock, and Southampton won a football match after conceding the first goal.

BSc in Microbiology, career in chasing computer viruses.

When I was made redundant after 33 years in IT, the last 10 in cyber security, I was deemed too old, ( 55 ), for almost every related vacancy going.

The vote in a General Election is supposedly based on the manifestos. The majority of policies and decisions made by Governments were never in a manifesto pledge, ( and many such pledges are ignored or forgotten ). We never learn.

At least the referendum was decided by a majority of the votes cast- the Westminster Government is never elected by such a majority.

If you ask the British public their collective choice on an issue you end up with "Boaty McBoatface".

Sides went into the 3 'divisions' with half the points gained from their group games against the other side from their group, so Hants carried over half the points from their matches with Somerset, a drawe and a loss, who we then didn't play in the divisional matches. It was only half because we only went on to play the other division 1 teams once each, whereas we had played Somerset twice.

Not entirely; we are apparently 100k drivers short, having lost about 20k due to Brexit, so 80k are down to our own policy failings.

After Ole had complained that they didn't get awarded enough. Karma.

Government spokesman :- "We are moving to a high wage, high skills economy, so companies will have to adapt". That's all well and good, but if nobody wants to drive HGVs then nothing will be getting shipped about. I wonder if we will see a big push for driver-less technology in trucks.

Presenters on the radio saying "Everybody is talking about....." or "Everybody has been waiting for..... ". Generally this is concerning shows I have not been anticipating and have no interest in watching; "Strictly Come Watch 'B' List Celebrities Trip Over Their Feet", "I Used To Be Famous For 10 Minutes And Now I Am Eating Locusts On TV In A Fake Jungle Location", etc.