Monthly Archives: January 2026

Thanks to Marita Moloney and BBC Online News for the Headline.

The poor Housing Secretary Steve Reed had the final say on this one, saying that the permission was finally given and could only be challenged in Court.

Apparently the debate has been ongoing since the Chinese bought a site at Royal Mint Court, near the Tower of London in 2018.

Where this debate has been happening is unclear, House of Commons Bar, House of Commons Dining Room, House of Commons Toilets, MI5 Toilets, MI6 Toilets.

Perhaps the Chinese have agreed to help with doing up the falling apart Westminster Building whose repair bill is astronomical.

The Chinese will have a lovely building in the centre of London with the latest technology to help them with all sorts of debates, meetings and translating documents and foreign visitors. Loads of office space, perhaps they’ll let some MP’s use it.

For what it’s worth , him indoors says that Keir Starmer has allowed it to annoy Trump. I suppose that’s possible.

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Thanks to AI for the very imaginative picture.

Thank you to Tanya Gupta of BBC News Online for the Headline

I had my suspicion about wood burners, mainly because wood burns very quickly and though it doesn’t create as much smoke as coal or peat, it can’t be a very efficient way of creating warmth in your home, never mind heating water for washing up and showers.

Thanks to Guildford Borough Council for having a “Clean Air Night” and encouraging those with woodburners to turn them off in the middle of January , just after Christmas and help the environment.

The council’s information said that wood burning led to air pollution , which in turn could lead to heart and lung disease and also an increased risk of diabetes and dementia.

So there you go, I was right, wood burners may look trendy and warm but they are harbingers of doom.

Thanks to Jordan Price of Vinylone for the Headline

We have had a particularly cold ( for us ) period recently and I have noticed a robin in my garden.

The article recommends putting cooked pasta out for them , but I use fat balls dotted around the garden and also a high suet ( specially for song birds) wild bird feed in the feeder. Also dried mealworms seem to disappear quite quickly.

It’s a pleasure to watch the birds, although they seem to do most of their feeding when I’m not about.

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