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19. Moo corner
18. Cancer anyone?
17. Plan B
16. Daily Sceptic
Just why would any country want this?
Benedict Smith in the Telegraph. Here’s an excerpt.
Just over a decade ago, Aberdeen was thriving.
It was the gateway to Britain’s North Sea oil and gas industry. Average weekly earnings were higher only in London and it consistently ranked among the top UK cities for business and jobs growth.
At £215,000, property prices were nearly double the Scottish average, having risen 165% in just 10 years as the area boomed.
Following the scent of oil and gas, new arrivals appeared in their droves to fill highly paid positions. Between 2004 and 2015, the population jumped by nearly 20,000 and local businesses flourished.
The picture is starkly different today. Tumbling oil prices, punitive taxes and the underwhelming advance of renewables have tipped the North Sea energy industry into a spiral of accelerated decline that is taking Aberdeen’s property market down with it.
The following is what Advanced Democracy looks like (re: Switzerland) and what we should have had after WW2, because we earned it. Think where we would be now if we’d had such referenda back then – on matters of great public concern – and continued with them like the Swiss do today..
https://x.com/RiseOfAlberta/status/2024668855566815668?
He’s chuffed:
https://x.com/BertaProudDad/status/2024687356557795675?
When I knew Aberdeen it was a lovely city. In summer, at least.
On t’other hand it must have been bearable in winter too: I’ve never met any bunch of graduates as affectionate about their old uni as Aberdeen ones.
I have only been to Aberdeen one time – in January. I had to meet a Research Vessel there. The NE wind was blowing like a hooley, she arrive a day late. I have never felt so cold in my life.
I have learned that the Royal Mint is to donate profits from gold bar sales to Melsom relief UK during their annual shindig.
Long way from Aberdeen is Twickenham – England was trounced by Ireland in the Six Nations rugby tournament this afternoon 21 – 42 😒