This & That

Here's a novel solution to public sector pay rounds - apply a Triple Lock to public sector pay. Why are pensioners a special case?

Why not focus on the morality of Just Stop Oil protests, rather than the delays caused? The morality can't be doubted, unless you're a climate science denier. They're not saying do without oil completely and live in a cave, simply stop new exploration of a finite resource that will only go up in price and which makes us hostage to dubious or unstable regimes, focussing instead on inexhaustible renewables under your direct control and are much, much cheaper to produce. The French have introduced a law with will force car park owners with parking space for more than 80 cars to cover them in solar panels, generating some 11GW of electricity - a neat idea that keeps your car dry, as well as allowing you to charge your EV.

Have you noticed the dearth of Remembrance Poppy sellers? The problem is that they're mainly retired people and a lot of those are wary of catching Covid. When you think about it, given another 50 years or so Remembrance Sunday may go the way of Trafalgar Day and Waterloo Day, although linking the event to remembrance of all the fallen, regardless of when or where, may just be the thing that saves it, as war itself will never disappear.