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A bit of pointless vandalism and an extremely tenuous link, is rubbish messaging by Budd. All publicity isn’t good publicity.

You'd know this already, but I looked online at the time and the aspiration is that they're insulated from the outside with insulation boards and I think a breathable membrane, then obviously finished off with a render coating. Obviously incredibly expensive, then how does that work with listed...

In terms of cost, I think they said per home £100 for loft insulation (presumably materials only DIY) and £500 for cavity wall insulation. Imho double that for loft cost, partly because the deeper the merrier.

There was a great radio interview yesterday with it seemed the expert on the UK energy consumption including insulation. Both a critic and an optimist. He said that if the government financially backed loft and cavity wall insulation in all suitable homes, it could be achieved within 5 years...

1945 - the country was tired of war, he was 70 years old and seen as part of times past, a New Dawn (Fades) was sought across Europe. The NHS and rebuilds of cities with a very poor man's version of Bauhaus and Corbusier - later muggers delights, concrete cancer and bulldozing real communities.

Undoubtedly, like almost every politician and us, a life of positives and not so proud moments. But his relentless work against the genocidal National Socialists from 1933 onwards, when most of the rest of the nation and elsewhere thought he was a loon, plus his charismatic, cut through the red...

An surprising analogy made with Winston, as I thought he was today's 'baddie' in the chattering classes. (I get the 'swimming against the tide' point.).

I look at this practically and strategically, as I do with other key 'matters of the day'. I also believe in persuasion, conciliation, as I've said before "boxing clever". As an environmentalist to an extent decades before anyone else gave a jot, I loved the work of Jonathan Porritt and...

Tangibly: Will these protests get the government to legislate for better insulation? No. Have they won more friends from the masses, other than their core supporters who'd always follow every possible environment cause? No. I'd love to hear from a campaigns expert (sitting in the middle...

I was, we live in a windy rather than extremely cold country, draught proofing is as much an issue (from chats with archirects and developers over the years). I commend all environmentalists and have done since I was a kid. But why are these people brave? Yellow vests, an orchestrated plan...

This. A collateral damage too far. Plus this will not win hearts and minds.

The UK has made great inroads in CO2 reduction over the last 20 years. Whilst nations such as German and Norway, and the usual suspects away from Europe haven’t. Current annual CO2 emissions per capita: Australia 17.1 US 15.52 Russia 11.44 Japan 9.7 Netherlands 9.62 Germany 9.44 Norway 8.28...

Liberté - tick, they were unglued from the road. égalité - tick, everyone got pepper sprayed. fraternité - tick, the police shared a common interest in dishing out the punishment. Macron and his police appear unperturbed by the European Court of Justice, their do’ers.

That’s old hat, they’ve moved on to mass pepper spraying climate change protestors.

They haven't won't hearts and minds, the polar opposite.

Last Friday on a long uni dropoff run with a packed car, I was caught up in this on the M25. Sorry, but train or bicycle was a non starter for us going up north, with suitcases, bed linen, kitchenware. It added 1.5 hours to the inital part of journey, a few hours after leaving Brighton...