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Richard North -
23 July 2026
In 2009, at the fag-end of the Brown government, a new system of water quality monitoring of discharges from the 7,000 sewage treatment works owned by Britain’s water and sewage companies was introduced. This included the 11 major regional water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, all but one of them privately owned after… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
22 July 2026
We’re actually being taken for fools (or some of us are) with the claim that Mr Burn’em’s VAT cut on electricity, which takes effect from 1 October, is estimated to save the average household about £42 per year. The thing is, the Ofgem energy price cap is predicted to rise this autumn on 1 October… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
21 July 2026
I hadn’t realised that Crash and Burn’em was an aviation buff. But, alas, he’s far too late to bring back Hope, which he wants to do. That airframe (Gloster Sea Gladiator) was destroyed on the ground during an axis air raid at RAF Hal Far in February 1941. He could try Faith, which is preserved… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
20 July 2026
Having done my best to ignore him for the past week or so, I suppose I must confront the horror show that is the tenure of Andy “Crash and Burn’em” (hat tip Pete) as prime minister for as long as it takes for his party to get rid of him. To reinforce the impression that… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
19 July 2026
It seems rather odd that, with all hell breaking loose in Iran again, and the conflict spreading as far afield as Jordan – where two US soldiers have been killed and one is missing after an Iranian attack on a US base – so little prominent coverage is being given to these events in the… View Article ...Read full story
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