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Post by tonyhill on Feb 18, 2023 7:27:11 GMT
I have been in the print industry most of my working life, so I am biased, but paper is made from trees which are grown as a crop, just like wheat or carrots. EU legislation means that no tree products can come into Europe (and at the moment that includes the UK) which do not conform to FSC and other environmental standards. European paper manufacturers have over recent years invested heavily in renewable energy and ensuring that they return the water they use in a better condition than it was when they extracted it. Some printers, like our company, pay a premium for the paper we use to be carbon offset, as we do for the couriers we use. The BBC are currently running a story about toilet paper and how many trees it uses. People obsessing about paper miss the important issues: in terms of communication the energy costs of server farms, for example, but overall our lifestyle choices, and principally the environmental costs of animal farming.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 19, 2023 22:18:36 GMT
Waltham Forest, Valley. Afzal Akram, Conservative to No Description. I understand this may be a website error. |
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Post by grahammurray on Feb 20, 2023 11:26:17 GMT
Basingstoke and Deane, Brookvale and Kings Furlong. Michael Howard-Sorrell. Lab to Green - having stopped at Independent Junction for a couple of months
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Post by carolus on Feb 20, 2023 20:55:31 GMT
Slough, Haymill & Lynch Hill. Wayne Strutton, Conservative to Independent.
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Post by grahammurray on Feb 21, 2023 12:21:29 GMT
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Post by carolus on Feb 21, 2023 21:57:43 GMT
Derbyshire Dales, Hathersage & Eyam. Peter O'Brien, Independent to Labour. Dudley, Kingswinford North & Wall Heath (2023). Shaz Saleem, Conservative to Independent. North West Leicestershire, Castle Donington Park. Michael Hay, Labour to Independent. Rother, Bexhill Pebsham & St Michael's. Jay Brewerton, Independent to Conservative. Slough, Haymill & Lynch Hill. Wayne Strutton, Conservative to Independent. Vale of White Horse, Thames. Jerry Avery, Liberal Democrat to Independent. |
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Post by CatholicLeft on Feb 21, 2023 22:11:47 GMT
Derbyshire Dales, Hathersage & Eyam. Peter O'Brien, Independent to Labour.
I assume this is a rejoining of Labour?
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Post by lackeroftalent on Feb 22, 2023 0:17:18 GMT
Derbyshire Dales, Hathersage & Eyam. Peter O'Brien, Independent to Labour.I assume this is a rejoining of Labour? Yes. |
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Post by maxque on Feb 22, 2023 2:23:51 GMT
Derbyshire Dales, Hathersage & Eyam. Peter O'Brien, Independent to Labour.I assume this is a rejoining of Labour? Is he the guy who got like 97% of the vote last time? |
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Post by ColinJ on Feb 22, 2023 6:53:59 GMT
Derbyshire Dales, Hathersage & Eyam. Peter O'Brien, Independent to Labour.I assume this is a rejoining of Labour? Is he the guy who got like 97% of the vote last time? No, must be someone else. 2019 result: Peter O'Brien Labour 585 Claire Raw Labour 552 Victoria Jane Massey-Bloodworth Conservative 548 John Michael Orchard Conservative 479 Eleanor Mary Nancolas Liberal Democrats 420 |
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Post by heslingtonian on Feb 22, 2023 6:55:26 GMT
Is he the guy who got like 97% of the vote last time? No, must be someone else. 2019 result: Peter O'Brien Labour 585 Claire Raw Labour 552 Victoria Jane Massey-Bloodworth Conservative 548 John Michael Orchard Conservative 479 Eleanor Mary Nancolas Liberal Democrats 420 I think it's the Independent councillor for Winster ward in Derbyshire Dales. |
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Post by ColinJ on Feb 22, 2023 6:59:47 GMT
No, must be someone else. 2019 result: Peter O'Brien Labour 585 Claire Raw Labour 552 Victoria Jane Massey-Bloodworth Conservative 548 John Michael Orchard Conservative 479 Eleanor Mary Nancolas Liberal Democrats 420 I think it's the Independent councillor for Winster ward in Derbyshire Dales. Oh dear! Colin Swindell Independent 758 Charlotte Fern Foster Phillips Labour 22 |
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Post by matureleft on Feb 22, 2023 7:28:04 GMT
I think it's the Independent councillor for Winster ward in Derbyshire Dales. Oh dear! Colin Swindell Independent 758 Charlotte Fern Foster Phillips Labour 22 Swindell was originally elected as Labour, I believe. |
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Post by michaelarden on Feb 22, 2023 10:20:43 GMT
Is he the guy who got like 97% of the vote last time? No, must be someone else. 2019 result: Peter O'Brien Labour 585 Claire Raw Labour 552 Victoria Jane Massey-Bloodworth Conservative 548 John Michael Orchard Conservative 479 Eleanor Mary Nancolas Liberal Democrats 420 That's a superb name for the top Tory candidate. |
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Post by ColinJ on Feb 22, 2023 10:45:51 GMT
No, must be someone else. 2019 result: Peter O'Brien Labour 585 Claire Raw Labour 552 Victoria Jane Massey-Bloodworth Conservative 548 John Michael Orchard Conservative 479 Eleanor Mary Nancolas Liberal Democrats 420 That's a superb name for the top Tory candidate. Yes, all too easy to misread it as Massey-Bloodbath. |
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Post by carlton43 on Feb 22, 2023 12:28:49 GMT
That's a superb name for the top Tory candidate. Yes, all too easy to misread it as Massey-Bloodbath. Go the whole hog and use Massive-Bloodbath. |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Feb 22, 2023 13:20:44 GMT
That's a superb name for the top Tory candidate. Yes, all too easy to misread it as Massey-Bloodbath. Old established firm of solicitors. Massey-Bloodbath & Slaughter. |
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Post by carolus on Feb 22, 2023 16:34:56 GMT
North Devon, South Molton. Paul Henderson, Conservative to Non-aligned.
Stockton-on-Tees, Western Parishes. Steve Matthews, Conservative to Independent.
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Post by CatholicLeft on Feb 22, 2023 22:04:03 GMT
This is a weird defection. Former Rochdale Labour Councillor John Hartley stood down last year for "a few years rest." Then applied for selection in his former ward of Littleborough Lakeside for both Labour and Conservative, and decided to stand for the Conservatives. His ideological reasoning? The Tory leader told him:‘if I was to stand as a Conservative candidate, I didn’t need to play politics, if elected they would allow me to just do the job of representing the ward to the best of my abilities, no need for knocking on hundreds of doors all over the borough, so really for me it’s a no brainer’. Oh, and the Tories kicked out their sitting councillor to achieve this. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/labour-left-flabbergasted-veteran-councillor-26296917?int_source=nba |
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Post by batman on Feb 22, 2023 22:19:48 GMT
very odd.
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