Off Topic And Now for Something Completely Different

Good story to wake up to, beats covid, revolting Everton fans, etc.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-59493529

 

The Duchess of Sussex has won the latest stage in her legal fight against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday.

The Court of Appeal rejected Associated Newspapers' attempt to have a trial over its publication of extracts from Meghan's letter to her father.

A High Court judge earlier this year ruled in favour of the duchess in the privacy and copyright case.

He said the issues were so clear cut there was no need for a full hearing.

That decision has now been upheld.

In a statement issued after the ruling, the duchess said: "This is a victory not just for me, but for anyone who has ever felt scared to stand up for what's right."


Meghan's lawyers had said her letter to Thomas Markle in August 2018 was "deeply personal" and "self-evidently was intended to be kept private".

Announcing the decision, the three judges hearing the appeal said the letter's contents were "personal, private and not matters of legitimate public interest".

They added: "It was hard to see what evidence could have been adduced at trial that would have altered the situation...

"The judge had correctly decided that, whilst it might have been proportionate to publish a very small part of the letter for that purpose, it was not necessary to publish half the contents of the letter."

The judges were told during the hearing that 585 out of the letter's 1,250 words had been republished in the five articles in question.

 

For anyone liking Boogie Woogie, check this out and also Brendans Utube channel.

 

One for FB!

 

In the 1890s there was a cab company in London running a fleet of 62 electric vehicles. In 1900 there were more electric vehicles in the USA than petrol ones. There were more steam driven ones than either.

 

I watched a video by a former oil and gas consultant who is now a "fuel transition consultant" apparently. He says that it takes around 10% of the world's oil extraction to fuel the cars in the US. 70% of their cars are SUVs or trucks and average a similar 20 mpg consumption to the Model T Ford if 100 years ago. ( And most of them are not carrying anything other than a driver).
At the same time, California buy as many electric vehicles as the rest of the US and in California that is still only around 5% of vehicles registered. Seems like there's a long way to go. His view is that the oil and gas companies can greenwash their way to profit for years, much as the tobacco companies have done. The only way to hurt them is to stop buying their product.

 

Caught a big of an interview this morning by some chap explaining what was involved in the manufacture of batteries for electric cars and how they aren't such a boon to reducing emissions and pollution as some would think.

 

It makes sense. Whether it is petrol, a battery, a hydrogen fuel cell or a gang of 15 blokes pushing - it takes a lot of energy to propel a ton of metal along a road. And creating that energy has an environmental impact somewhere along the line. Which is why we should all be cycling or using the bus….

Apart from me, of course.

 

And me...

 

The electric they are running on may not be so green either.

This is a bulldozer burying old wind turbine blades

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Just thought i'd leave this here. A fantastic blues/rock singer and a maestro blues/rock guitarist.
Please watch both songs to get a taste of what they're about.

 

They're very good live - saw them a couple of times at Burnley Blues festival, she's got the sexiest voice and he's a proper player.

 

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Following on from last Fridays storm there are still people without electricity, now heard that some have been told revised reconnection date 8th Dec. hoping to get a jenny up to them tomorrow.

Doesn't fit well when we're told to get rid of fossil fuel heating systems and replace them with an electric driven heat pump and the push to electric cars.

 

Yeah, cos there’s never any shortages in petrol and diesel. Secure supply for ever and ever.

 

Bomb squad called to hospital after man gets WWII shell stuck up his bottom

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