My point is that the first paragraph highly insulting to the people who work at the BBC and is entirely unjustified.

Ooo good shout

The only name mentioned who would be better than Starmer is Ed Miliband... But if he became PM, a general election would surely be a necessity and I can't see Labour winning one with any leader

Well Lewis certainly never wants to work there again! Even though the corporation gave him his break in journalism.

Can't speak for the BBC, but Dave Lewis was definitely known as Drastic Dave at Unilever. The nickname followed him to Tesco.

Good lord we have a lot to do on education! Not fitting gas boilers is *easy*, *cheap*, and *necessary*; if you think reaching net zero is important how could you not support it?

Do Britons think the government is doing too little or too much on reducing carbon emissions?

Not doing enough: 39%
Doing too much: 24%
Getting balance right: 13%

Among net zero supporters
Not doing enough: 57%
Doing too much: 7%
Getting balance right: 16%

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

Pretty disgusting.

I've had clematis and lavender flowering in Exeter

That's very good news.

The BBC isn't biased, but it has been struggling to find its way recently

Not sure I buy this. Davie had far outstayed his welcome, with many failures having occured on his watch. Strictly bullying, Kuenssberg snuggling up with Johnson, exclusion of "left wing" journalists from Question Time, excessive reporting and representation of Reform, the Gaza documentary

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The mismatch of auctions for capacity on the interconnectors and then for prices is having a material effect too

The delay in doing anything around veterinary and phytosanitary checks is very argh; life for farmers and food suppliers would be much easier, and thus food cheaper, if this was sorted out.

At the moment, capacity is auctioned first and separate from prices, which can mean capacity doesn't match what what prices would demand. This costs a few hundred million a year (out of total market of ~£30 billion).

Just realised my post could easily be misconstrued; I was sighing at the lack of progress, not the description of a "single energy market"

I wouldn't be surprised. Any vehicle with "over the air" updates could be. But why would any manufacturer, any country want to destroy their export economy?