There are some great examples of cycle lane design out there. And some atrocious examples of cycle lanes that have been built. But that’s a separate rant.

If we had a quality cycle lane network, we could have adapted that to support “more than walking, less that driving” lanes without much issue.

The earlier we invest in this new class of highway the cheaper and easier it will be.

The headline there (from the BBC) is incendiary at a minimum.

I’m no Royalist. But the Monarch actually takes less of a percentage from the estate than they used to. 12% this year down from 25% last year. What has happened, is the crown estate is making more money due to financing green energy strategies which are both environmentally beneficial and financially sound.

The Monarch taking 12% from the estate, and the estate getting richer means there is more money going into the public domain from the estate that there has been before. This isn’t “money from the gubment” being given to the monarch. This is the monarchs businesses are doing better than they have before.

It’s almost as if we don’t all have to pick a team and support everything they do. This isn’t sports all, this is politics.

I can support trans-rights, hate the Rwanda plan and like nuclear if i want to.

Replying in this thread because I like the openness and communication of it.

I completely agree with you Sharp this could be addressed by breeding and training. But … the end goal is not to have aggressive murder machines on our streets. The breeding of power and aggression into the breed shouldn’t have been done in my opinon (or allowed into the UK). Breeding out the aggression, effectively means eliminating the breed anyway and gives us a transition period of completely unknown dogs.

Unfortunately, the primary reason (in my worthless opinion) for owning these dogs is the visage of power and aggression. The public penalty of that is part of owning that “power symbol”. The public reaction to the dogs, is the reason people want them in the first place.

I do compare this to “assault weapons” in the US. It’s not a phrase that makes much clear sense (like XL Bully). If what you want is a working tool, get a different gun/breed. If what you want is a family companion, get a different breed. If you want the power symbol, get the XL Bully or the “assault weapon”. There’s no specific reason to own that specific dog, except the power symbol.

Got a pair of rescue dogs … neither of whome can cope.

The younger one is OK with the first couple of fireworks. But once they become more consistent he gets anxious. I think we can train through that though. We’ve only had him this year, so this is our first experience.

The older girl. As soon as the first bang goes off she’s a shaking mess. Refuses treats and training just causes her more anxiety. She will completely ignore loud bangs on the TV, so that training method on other days doesn’t help.

The job of every guard is to look out for threats.

And this “threat” has already had an exception written into the Security staffing standards. So, despite what that individual thinks, the item is not a security threat and the staff member is in the wrong.

Apologies have been made, and training hopefully improved.

Funny … I only know about the protest because she was there and arrested.

Funny … you’re bothering to promote her acts by commenting on social media about it.

Go sit in the corner rude boy.

So one spokesperson who is paid to male the NHS look good in front of the media claims that “some” incidents were responded to by a doctor. That some could be just the one.

Where there are multiple sources in the article claiming statistics of the number of incidents that do not have a paramedic on site, just EMTs.

Yeah, not buying your “mountain out of a molehill” argument.

One of the most worrying things here, to me.

We have 100 highly trained police staff who do not trust our legal process to only prosecute the guilty.

The article states that some of the calls not attended by paramedics may be attended by an EMT.

So, the complete opposite of your comment.