Yes we need to talk about our support for climate measures but when the cost of living is seeping into every day conversation, why are we not talking about climate change? Food inflation is every bit as key a driver as energy inflation.

wow, I assume they had unknowingly bought a stolen bike, rather than being the thief themselves. I have to say I was surprised when it happened to me that I didn't need to provide evidence but the bike was marked as stolen on bike register

Amazing. I love a story of a returned bike, ever since I found mine 6 months after the theft (the police and fire service then kindly 'unstole' it for me with an angle grinder...)

So even housing associations are building private rents at the moment...to help fund their new and existing social housing. To get a mass social housing boom will need central govt funding. Bur the amount announced covers 18,000 homes, not even 1%of the target www.gov.uk/government/n...

Councils are cash strapped because their tax intake doesn't cover their statutory services (things they have to do like adult social care). Housing associations are having to (rightly!) spend to fix problems in their existing mouldy stock (from our last 'build 'em quickly' boom)

Yes I agree we should have more public sector and housing association (most housing associations are non-profit) homes. But they face the same barriers as everyone else- high upfront costs of land, materials, construction labour, design and planning.

One of your best!

So the welfare state and scouts have the same origin story!

...this can cause legibility issues, for example the phrase 'Pregnant women and people with a BMI over 30' can be parsed two different ways, something you do NOT want in medical info. 'Pregnant people' is perfectly clear.

Not the best answer but something I've not seen mentioned...we are rabies free!

And also basically all of England, sorry, the duh-duh-duhs have spread over here too.

All around age 9-12: Watership Down, then a LOT of Gerald Durrell books.

The great thing about wading birds reintroduction is that they're often migratory, so they might sometimes reintroduce themselves with the right habitat. Very much 'if you build it they (might) come'. The spoonbills in Norfolk are my favourite recent example www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We may get some more good examples with green belt relaxation - but I imagine there will be some of these stations with other good reasons not to develop. Will be interesting to see how it all works in practice!

That's because we can't develop to the north of Haywards Heath (High Weald NL) or to the south of Hassocks (South Downs NL) to my mind, development being focused along that line between HH and Hassocks is a sign of the system actually working (I say this as BH resident aware it's an unpopular view)

Alkalised water with (acidic) apple cider vinegar is my favourite bit...

In fairness What a Carve Up was on my teacher's 'not really needed for your GCSE but you should read it anyway, it's good' summer holiday list 20 years ago and I'm currently loving The Proof of My Innocence so maybe consider those two as cancelling each other out?

Ah I had forgot Heart of Darkness (or was it deliberately wiped from my memory?) so I guess not a 100% successful hit rate with the teacher picks.