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At least we've got Gaston on the bench if we need to chase the game

"They said there'd be snow at Christmas, they said there'd be peace on Earth. But instead it just kept on raining,...." and raining, and raining, and raining, and raining. It's bl00dy wet up here, how is it elsewhere ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-35182274

Sistas

Some senior Tories don't seem to fancy such "freedom of thought"; "On Monday former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine warned of a "civil war" in the Conservative Party if cabinet ministers were given a free vote in the EU referendum - meaning they could vote as they saw fit and were not whipped into toeing the party line. He argued that a free vote would make Mr Cameron a global "laughing stock". Meanwhile, Conservative Party vice-chairman Mark Field has also criticised calls for ministers to be given a free vote. He told the Daily Telegraph that anyone who was not prepared to back Mr Cameron's re-negotiation should resign from the government." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35165720

As opposed to the 'out' campaign message - "Lower the portcullis and raise the drawbridge, Britain for the British !".

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It's the quiet ones you need to watch out for.

Watched Galaxy Quest again this afternoon. A comedy sci-fi film, starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and Alan Rickman; based on the pretext of an alien civilisation believing that a 1970s TV series is in fact a documentary program, and that the 'crew' of a fictional space ship can save them from a genocidal enemy. Have seen it several times, and it is such an enjoyable parody of programs such as Star Trek that at one 'Trekkie' convention in 2013 it was actually voted the 7th best Star Trek film - beating ( in order ) Generations, the Original Motion Picture, Nemesis, Generations, The Final Frontier, and Into Darkness.

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He's almost certainly correct.

I'm not concerned with property values - I'm concerned about environmental contamination. So, in the theoretical 'National Interest', and regardless of whether you are actually a home owner, would you be happy for this to happen under wherever you live, ( be that penthouse, favella, or cave ) ? You may believe that, I believe the opposite.

Don't get me started on that !!! Not only do they want to frack for gas here, they're trying to get approval to store it underground within 4 or 5 miles of one of the fracking test wells. You really couldn't make it up.

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Is there any possibility that they can run the test drilling under your house, and when they have proved it is environmentally safe I won't worry about them extending it to my area.

We've had a lot of water on the roads round here, and 2 of the longer routes I regularly ride have been underwater, so it's been the indoor bike - mind you I've been able to catch up with a lot of TV whilst doing it; "The Man in the High Castle", "The Last Panthers", and "Breaking Bad" in particular.

White man speak with forked tongue, perhaps ? - http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/community/community-news/as-fracking-d-day-finally-arrives-fylde-s-tory-mp-joins-worried-residents-to-say-stop-this-now-1-7075205 "Fylde’s Tory MP has sensationally called for fracking to be halted. In a move at odds with Tory party policy, Mark Menzies – the Conservative MP for Fylde – voted to back a moratorium of 30 months which would have effectively put a block on gas firm Cuadrilla’s two proposed sites at Roseacre and Little Plumpton going ahead."

Armoury

Last week, we had this strange activty going on around 2:00 am on Friday morning; http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/community/environment/fury-at-fylde-frack-sign-theft-1-7615475 "Fylde villagers are furious after anti-fracking signs were removed from outside homes. Residents of Roseacre, one of the two sites where energy company Cuadrilla want to test frack for underground gas, say they believe the signs have been stolen."

On the radio on Tuesday I heard them referred to as "Premier League strugglers Chelsea".

Is the name at the end of that drivel your signature or an exclamation ?

There is a difference between Tories at local and national levels - up here the Tory districts are absolutely opposed to fracking, Whitehall on the other hand.....

Maybe tidal, wind, and solar could contribute more ? But then again, this Goverment aren't interested in 'green'.

Is there any chance that somebody might apply for an exploration licence for a well in the PM's constituency ? ( I know it's not in a National Park, but it would be interesting to see his reaction when his own constituents started protesting against it ).

We were told by the last Government that planning issues, including fracking infrastructure projects, woud be decided by Local Government, so that such decisions would be more democratic. Lancashire County Council, together with all affected district and parish councils, ( and supported by local MPs of all persuasions ), decided to reject applications for fracking wells being placed in rural Lancashire. Earlier this year we were told that, despite being rejected 3 times already, an appeal by Cuadrilla would be heard, but that the decision would now be made by the relevant minister, who would take "all views and opinions" into account before ruling. In other words, it will be steam rollered through, on the back of the recently released pro-fracking report to Government, ( a report paid for by the fracking companies ). Fracking is bad for the environment, goes against the Climate Change obligations we committed to only a few days ago, and if the b@stards start trying to set their new wellheads up, I'll be right there blocking them. ( One of the sites is 6 miles from my house ).