badgerx16

Deoderant

When the peace deal with HAMAS was signed Israel established the 'Yellow Line' demarking the boundary between the Israeli and Palestinian controlled portions of the Gaza Strip. Israel's part was approx 53% of the Strip. The IDF are now successively moving the border markers into the Palestinian areas, and currently occupy about 60%, whilst Netanyahu has said he wants at least 70%.

...ankers the lot of them.

Any 'solution' to social care needs to avoid the damage that changing Governments and priorities cause, so getting cross party support is necessary to ensure the others "buy in" to any proposal in the long term.

Hopefully he will last longer in the face of "economic reality" than Liz Truss did.

The summer has been warm enough for the passion flower to bear fruit

But the Elves did not go to Helm's Deep. ( And it was Glorfindel, not Arwen, who saved Frodo and took him to Rivendell )

For many people the degree is a mark of a level of educational attainment rather than a step on a specific related career ladder. My degree is in Microbiology and I spent my entire career in IT, specifically machine architecture and technical support, then later networks and IT Security. Our youngest son is actually an accountant, his degree is in Engineering.

Cocktails

As usual, he is trying to turn sverything into a "right" versus "left" slanging match.

Whatever happened to boxes of generic bricks that encouraged you to use your imagination ?

And not happening.

You are all aware that this "proposal" by https://fairershare.org.uk/ has been dismissed by #10 as not something being actively considered.

Council Tax is already based on property value.

Blackpool has plenty of higher value propeties to balance out the central cess pits, plus when the new Unitary is formed by merging with Fylde and Wyre, the town will be subsidised by places such as St Annes, Lytham, Cleveleys, Poulton, and Garstang. ( Though Fleetwood would drag it back down a bit ).