Strawberries, cherries, broccoli, peas, pumpkins, sweetcorn, cauliflower, eggs, milk, beans, cucumber, potatoes. All at risk of shortages. This is the reality of living in a climate emergency. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/drought-heatwave-food-supply-risk-england-b3024535.html

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I was just on R4 pontificating so there’s that. Going to be a wild ride

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Agree that the discovery of polyester was hugely significant (though my understanding is that it happened in the R&D department of the Calico Printers Association, in Rhodes, Middleton, in the borough of Rochdale).

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That’s before you get into land ownership and infrastructure Yes, CPRE would say this. But it isn’t the whole story, anymore than lobbying from developers is the whole story (I put CBRE initially: very different people, I’m tired)

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Today I learned, through an unfortunate chain of events, that it’s possible to start a car with the keys on the roof, have the keys stay on the roof for five miles, ask “what’s that clunk” as they fall off, continue for a further 20 miles, then find you can’t lock your car and it won’t restart.

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