Ukraine knocking out a few more refineries & tankers might disrupt that trade route

A-meritocracy being the opposite of meritocracy? As in apolitical for example.

Or tax exiles like Tice living in Dubai while "representing" an English constituency.

Thankyou, I value your opinion. The small child is my grandson, pic taken by my son who was an art student.

Some with minimal cloud, using the sea. West coast Scotland & North Wales.

You really believe in heaven & hell? 🥴

Her "loose affiliation of millionaires & billionaires" is out for total deregulation & decriminalisation of their abuse of customers, suppliers & workers for more & more profits.

We do get some though, this from last year. Just not that often. A WW1 munitions factory was built nearby because of the damp climate & cloud cover. Didn't stop it exploding & leaving a huge crater though, but you can't legislate for careless people, can you?

And I used to think Orwell's 1984 was fantasy. 🤔

Who knew that shooting yourself in the foot would be painful & counterproductive? 🙄

It's also what Putin & China need to weaken the immense power of a combined US & Europe. Trump et al are a disaster for the western alliance - all for the sake of a handful of greedy billionaires.

It's a House if Cards, indeed.

I cannot compete, I live in an area (English side of northern Welsh Marches) where cloud cover is generally flat-grey & extensive. 🤷‍♂️

This is a Global platform. Maybe people should make posts clear about which region they are refering to?

Every reader assumes you are their neighbour unless you tell them otherwise in the post.

Not under Trump it won't.

Multilingualism, like music, is a massive benefit to brain power & learning.