Tony

“If a revenue stream leaves you correct and amend your budget to compensate for that…..”

The problem is that the EU has NEVER and is never likely to reduce its annual budget. There are far too many individuals and groups supping from the gravy train. Hence the desperation of any means whatsoever to scupper the project. They desperately need our money. Simple. That’s their bottom line. So I hope our currently spineless Government run by Europhile civil servants in the Treasury and Foreign Office, changes its approach and makes the case transparently, allowing no room for obfuscation.

Both China and India have planned hundreds of new coal fired power stations over the next few years.

I suppose it fits with today’s obsession with ranking and finding the “best of”. Just look at the weekly TV output.

Utterly irrelevant in this case and in fact quite tasteless.

“…..there is little sense of individual responsibility. It’s someone else’s fault. It’s not my fault.”

How true – sums up our age.

How sad. What a delightful and friendly gentleman he was. The Few are becoming very few now.

Well Russia has supported sanctions since 2009. It doesn’t believe they have had any effect, so is non-commital about further sanctions. China which really holds all the aces cannot countenance a flood of N.Korean refugees in the even of hostilities. But China could flick a switch and turn off most of the bilateral trade. Which would have the effect of starving out the populace long before the elite suffered any reduction in living standards. But once the military were starved of the good life Kim’s days might be numbered.

What a marvellous set of photos! Is this the Chatellerault near Mirebeau? Had several happy holidays near Coussay.