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Paul Cowling
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Far from the madding crowds... Politics, society, culture and stuff. Views from the shores of the Baltic
Swedish Radio had a piece on Your Party today and concluded, unsurprisingly, that the Greens are more of a threat to Labour.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Presumably, on the same yardstick, flying, using social media and eating Yorkshire puddings are unchristian.
November 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Reading the quote it's fairly clear it's not something Trump said....
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Clocking is illegal and you can be fined for it. Clocking to avoid paying tax would seem to class as tax evasion and you can go to prison for it.
And ...given that more EVs mean less fuel duty... it was inevitable that there would be some tax on EV usage eventually
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The thing with data centres... If you wait three years you can get the same processing power in fewer chips with less energy consumption
#PatienceIsAVirtue
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
In November 🙄
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
It would be nice to see a few motions at the UN condemning this...
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
In the long run we spend less on adaptation if we actually remove a major source of the problem.
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Reposted by Paul Cowling
I don’t understand how more people aren’t outraged by the simple concept of “if you fall in love and get married, your spouse will probably not be allowed to live here with you.”

I can only guess it’s because the media doesn’t tell them.
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In practice, given the rapid ride of the US deficit, this will in any case be paid by increased borrowing
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM