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The claim that 'land is not beneficial for wildlife' doesn't have the ring of truth to it, though.

radio 4 have, over the last few months, had a series of interviews between rspb and opponents of the work they do, rspb don't seem to be entirely on the side of the animals they purport to support

won't somebody think of the hatchlings

Neil Robertson, the RSPB’s director for Northern England, ... claims the development could “promote and enhance the biodiversity” of the area, despite the farmland being home to barn owls, lapwings and badgers.

Exactly. In addition to the barn owls and badgers there will now be humans and their pets living there too. And given that we're the smartest animal you could definitely say that the biodiversity has been 'enhanced'.

And given that we're the smartest animal

Ahem...

Don't forget all those night-roaming cats, doing their bit for the natural order of predation!

peak beard crisis

new website to check your licence details crashes on day paper counterpart is scrapped

a couple of weeks ago a car rental firm insisted on the paper counterpart - what will they do now? ask you to download your details from this new website and print it out? like a.........paper counterpart?

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/well-thats-a-good-start---dvla-licence-record-check-site-down-on-day-one/27793.html#ixzz3cTPPuZ8H

(Damn - beat me to it!)

Part of the government plans for reducing road pollution?

I read somewhere that you need to generate a code which is valid for 72 hours.

How does the entire rest of Europe who haven't had paper counterparts for years manage?

This is all a load of fuss about nothing.

They might manage with an online system that enables them to look up whether or not the person who wishes to drive a vehicle is currently banned/has a bazillion points/is an habitual drunkard/etc.

Or they might not give points for every little speeding infringement, so it doesn't bloody matter.

Abandon the points system and replace with Judge Dredd style summary execution. Problem solved. Or maybe a shit on the bonnet for minor infringements.

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jun/09/former-football-star-mark-bosnich-on-good-behaviour-bond-for-clipping-cyclist

The latest Jack Warner wheeze to be uncovered is to steal funds meant for the Haiti earthquake, the lovable old rogue. Couple this with the Germans buying votes from Saudi by making arms deals, this is cracking stuff - a shitload of real world corruption is going to come out. This one will run and run, really hope they've kept Sepp well away from the shredder.

and he's still standing as an MP in his own countries elections .... what could possibly go wrong

the man has no shame

but he is a man of the people standing up against the corruption and racism of the developed world (and his political opponents). If you say or think anything different then it is you who is the corrupt racist.

hi, i'm dicki and i'm a corrupt racist

Whit his sword of truth he will bring down all who stand in the way of justice

http://www.sunshinett.com/

Hi dicki.

WTF?

http://www.itv.com/news/london/2015-06-09/cyclists-who-fail-to-use-dedicated-lanes-could-be-fined/

There's a topic about this.

Don't think it'll happen unless you rewrite the Highway Code.

I'm not aware of TfL having the authority to do that.

[Edit] Or maybe they do. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Don't think it'll happen unless you rewrite the Highway Code.

The Highway Code is irrelevant. If they don't have the authority, it would require legislation to provide it.

Rode past one of the fully segregated fuck-off-into-where-people-get-off-the-bus lanes the other day and, unsurprisingly, it was completely full of crap because the cleaning machines don't go down them.

Do not want.