I spoke to people who were in these #meetings about the #uk #planned #blackouts during #winter due to a lack of #russian #gas https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/le.. They are said to be " #wargames ", but these are #planned potential #reality . On top of this, it looks like it will be a really #cold #winter this year.
@barray on Mon Oct 24 23:18:19 UTC 2022 said: &eStill ongoing at 12:30. I, and many others in the local area, need to be up very early in the morning. We have #fireworks #night on the 5th of #november in the #uk , but it is restricted to one night only.The #hindu #diwali #festival of #light is all good and well, but people are now letting off #fireworks *after* #midnight , *for an entire week.* This is not reasonable behaviour. As #wikipedia suggests, there is a non-zero chance of very #serious #dangers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali#Iss.. I hope they are using #safe , highly #regulated #fireworks .
#germany better be hoping they get #lucky with a #weak #winter this year: https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/german.. Honestly though, in the #uk I felt some ultra #cold mornings, and I highly #suspect we're in for a *really* #tough #winter .
Pretty interesting #idea for the #uk #energy #grid to #offer #money for not using #appliances https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/uk.. I wonder how well this will work out, and how this will all be #funded ...
#liztruss just #resigned as #uk #pm ! Pretty crazy #news ! It looks like the #position that nobody wants!
I see the #uk 's #ons drop #blog #reports occasionally, but there are never on the most #important topics of the day, such as the #financial #crisis https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2022/10/11/takin.. Where is the #report on saving #money ?
Great, now the #uk #government is picking up the #bankofengland #boes 's #tab https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/uk-t.. This never goes well... I still don't think there is a nice way out of this. The #uk #government should be cutting #services effective immediately.
A bit late on this one but the #uk will have 3 hour #blackouts this #winter https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/uk-nati.. Apparently we would get just one day #notice and the #aim would be to #reduce #power by 5%. I suspect most people will just #plan their #activity for another day, or #travel to somewhere with #power .
#liztruss 's #policy on #subsidizing #uk #energy is not one I agree with: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tlH5tgT1ilc It doesn't #incentivize people to #reduce the #usage of a #scarce and #expensive #resource . Maybe #gordanbrown 's #idea of a #partial #temporary #nationalisation could work, or creating a #rival #energy #company to #drive #prices down. #labour 's #idea is #dumb .
I do not agree with the direction the #uk is travelling in with regards to #freedomofexpression and #freedomofspeech https://www.zerohedge.com/political/uk-m.. Apparently this #mother was #arrested for #memes on #kiwifarms and had her #home broken into by #police for a #thoughtcrime . No #ideology is greater than your ability to #criticize it.
We now see the #used #secondhand #car #market #collapsing https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/used-c.. I #predicted this will soon enter the #uk . People simply have less #money and the #demand to #buy things is being #reduced .
#germany is in for a *very* #cold #winter as a #gas #shortage is expected to hit the #eu , meaning there is *none* at *any price:* https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/g.. The #uk is also in for the same deal, but little #preparations are made here...
Looks like #mortgages are at massive #risk in the #uk of either having insane levels of #interest or not being #issued at all: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/uk-mor.. What this means is a massive #housing #property #market #crash as people cannot #purchase them outright.
I really love this #solar #flight #project https://hackaday.com/2022/09/27/24-hours.. Would be interesting to see if something similar could be done in the #uk ? #flight #restrictions kind of suck though...
The #uk 's #labour #party are holding their #conference , and their #members are as insane as ever: https://www.lotuseaters.com/video-labour.. The use of the word " #comrade " is a clear direct #influence by #communism / #marxism , make no mistake about it.
Great, #shops in #uk #london have simply #givenup #calling the #police to #catch #shoplifters https://www.zerohedge.com/political/majo.. Absolutely insane. This will cause #civilunrest .