Council says had to close one side of the already closed bridge because of a gas leak. But I saw the other side and it was also a pedestrian traffic jam - wished I’d taken a photo of the other side now

The queues are on both sides and stretch back into the road:

Firewall. I was reacting to: “In his confirmation hearing, Howard Lutnick had harsh words for U.S. tech companies selling to China. Gains by Chinese AI firm DeepSeek had been supported by Meta’s open platform and chips from Nvidia. “We need to stop helping them. I’m going to be very strong on that.”

In America, he could have taken them on and even if he lost, declared bankruptcy and started again. The UK legal and financial systems are stacked in favour of rich people and big corporations. Combined with risk averseness, it’s why we’re not keeping up with the rest of the world.

As to why Harry settled: “In civil cases, if the damages awarded to a successful claimant are less than the settlement amount offered by a defendant, the claimant may have to pay the legal costs for all sides. Losing the case could make a claimant liable for damages and costs.”

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