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> There should be a political call to action here
A real problem in both benefits claiming and immigration systems is that there are voters on the other side loudly demanding that the system be made more hostile and kafkaesque.
Fairly boilerplate article, but the bit that is news is the UK balcony solar permitting. Better longread: https://solarenergyconcepts.co.uk/post/plug-in-solar-uk/
Government press release with a long list of pull quotes: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-make-plug-i...
(I note that in the alternate universe where Ed Miliband became PM because he didn't eat a bacon sandwich, we could have had this a decade ago. It is embarrassing to be beaten on environmentalist regulatory efficiency by Germany)
Plug-in Solar Panels UK: What the New Rules Mean for You (2026) - DIY Solar UK | Solar Energy Concepts
Key dates to watch: April: BS 7671 Amendment 4, July: BSI product standard (estimated), October: transition period endsWhat the government announced: regulations confirmed, details being finalised💰 Calculate your savings: estimate annual generation, savings, and payback with different panel configurations up to 2kWpShould you buy now?: not yet — current wiring regulations do not permit it and your insurer may not cover you
At this stage I just want a coherent system. There is no way "individuals can have their accounts terminated for one song" and "AI companies can download a complete copy of everything, including pirated works, and roll it into models which can reproduce it exactly and sell it back to you" should be able to co-exist.
I can't see it being over in a week. People seem to have not realized that the Iranian regime is large enough and possessed of enough of a sense of honor to not just surrender after a week. Plus the use of decapitation attacks makes it extremely difficult for the Iranians to talk each other down. And the US can't negotiate on behalf of Israel or bind them to not break the ceasefire, because there's a separate and much longer lasting conflict between Israel and Iran that has been going on since the revolution.
On the other hand, there is no way to "destroy Trump's career". The US system doesn't have confidence votes. You're stuck with him.
> "knock-on effect of this war is that it may cost double or more than double to replace all these weapons because all the mineral demand is going to go way up
It's a lazy assumption that the motivation for war is profit, but in this case ...
MPs are pretty bad at dealing with anything that doesn't come from the party or the newspapers. I'm donating to the Open Rights Group to care about this on my behalf.
(my MP is SNP, so I benefit from not being in the two party trap)
The UK is absolutely picking the most stupid option (delegate it to US companies doing face recognition)
> cars are a trivial part of CO2 emissions
Sadly this isn't true. Not to mention the particulates which VW defrauded everyone about.
VW need to stop their engine division running the company and get with the affordable EV programme.