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Reply | Voting age being lowered to 16 then
at 23:24 17 Jul 2025
I think 16 & 17 year olds have a very good grasp of the most serious issue facing us, ie climate change, pollution and loss of biodiversity - and in many cases a far greater determination to do all they can to combat those things, which in my view makes them just as worthy of getting the vote, if not more so, than many aged 50+. |
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Reply | Voting age being lowered to 16 then
at 15:00 17 Jul 2025
"The 18 to 25 year old group managed 65% turnout last GE - that's out of those registered to vote, not the entire population."
If that's correct, it actually compares well with the figures for voting habits of UK adults in the past (60% & 59.4% in 2024 & 2021) -
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050929/voter-turnout-in-the-uk/
I'm all for the reform - maybe I'm just lucky in the youngsters I encounter, but I find them far more prepared to engage intelligently & passionately about important current issues than most world-weary & cynical over 30s. And it's their future, they absolutely have the right to have a say, & should be allowed to make it count in paractical terms. |
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Reply | Was announcing the deadline a last ditch attempt
at 03:22 16 Jul 2025
I'm wondering if maybe he's an agent provocateur or official of another club 
Sorry if someone's already posited this notion, not gonna wade through 7pp at 3.20am to find out! |
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Reply | Sycamore Gap vandals sentenced
at 03:11 16 Jul 2025
Didn't know that about the artefact, so thanks for the info.
Haven't seen any of the social media stuff or boasting that I think does compound the crime re the tree - they must have seen that thousands of people across the country were really emotionally upset by the destruction of a living icon that had taken 150 years to grow to the stage it had. Allowing others to be blamed also compounds the crime obviously.
Still shocked by the length of the sentence though. Like others, I think spending their weekends in compulsory tree-planting for a couple of years would at least have encouraged them to think along better lines than fostering their resentment in a "university of crime" somewhere.
One thing that interested me from yesterday's news report - the two guilty parties who formerly had been very close friends, had now fallen out completely & were refusing to talk to each other, wouldn't even look at each other in court. Wonder what went on behind the scenes. Young crims saying they were "led on" by others is a story as old as the hills, but both these were in their 30s. |
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Reply | Goes out a proper legend rather than fading away
at 10:31 15 Jul 2025
Agree - it’s just a silver lining though, he’s been central to everything we’ve achieved in the last few years that’s been good, a Matt Holland MkII, so will be very sad to see him go. |
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Reply | Benters Waterbutt Watch.
at 09:37 15 Jul 2025
Thanks, tend to be a bit Heath-Robinson in makeshift repairs here, improvisation is key!
There used to be a 2nd hand /antique tool shop in local town that sold lovely old garden and farm tools you don’t see anymore that were really useful. Sadly closed after a few years, think the elderly owner may have died. |
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Reply | Wired home smoke alarm
at 09:20 15 Jul 2025
I’ve had exactly the same problem as OP a few times in the past and even handymen and electricians have struggled, so many thanks indeed, I’ll save this very helpful ‘manual’ of tips for future use! |
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Reply | So according to Stuart Watson
at 19:05 14 Jul 2025
Exactly.
Also, to whoever it was that asked, Brighton wouldn’t allow us to continue using it last season because we were in the same division; obviously they didn’t want us using it against them or their final league position. |
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Reply | Omari leaving would be massive loss
at 17:41 14 Jul 2025
Has anyone said that he *wouldn't* be a massive loss?
Thought everyone was in agreement that he would be, if he does go. |
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Reply | Benters Waterbutt Watch.
at 17:36 14 Jul 2025
The pallets supporting the garden shed on my veg patch have rotted over 10 years, so it's now the Leaning Shed of Yorkshire & will no longer support gutters or downpipe :(
The ones on my 6 x 4 feet greenhouse do a decent job, but they're distinctly mini in scale - a deluge results in a 25% fill of a 75 litre tub on one side, and a 50% fill of a 50 litre tub on the other side, which doesn't go far in hot weather. |
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