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I can't believe that in this year of 2023...that supposedly civilised countries accept what Israel are doing to the poor children in 'Gaza' and the west bank....its unbelievable that the '''Palestinians''' after over 70 years still have very few rights.... Yes 'Hamas' are truly a sick terrorist organisation that need wiping off the face of the Earth......but the 'Israelis'' are killing Hundreds every day...and think its moral to kill innocent People.......In my opinion a ''Two State'' solution is the only answer........

@PeverilPeril you speak of a ‘pang of shame’ when thinking of your involvement with single use plastics. I expect we all feel shame or guilt about some things we’ve done in our lives, whether unconsciously (as in your case) or deliberately….. Some things we can put right, perhaps by apologising to someone and healing a relationship, but sadly, other things can’t be put right, however much we wish they could be. All we can do then is to ‘turn over the page’ and try not to make the same mistakes in the future chapters of our life. You and others on here are certainly thinking about

We actually went into Nottm today, it was an absolute breeze. Parked in the Vic Centre, up in the lift to John Lewis, filled up our favourite selection of Quality Street in our own tins from last year, no longer weighed, just ram as many in the tin as you can - annoyingly had no triangles or orange crisp left but substituted. Bought a beautiful white spiky twig Christmas Dec and glass baubles which is now at the top of our stairs. Went back down to the carpark and came back home. No getting wet through and spent my £25 JL voucher. Jobs a good un.

I recall Mrs Barnes, our art mistress at Manning, having an obsession with plastic carrier bags. This was back in 1969. She used to regale us with tales of going shopping with a large cardboard box in which to put her purchases. In those days, supermarkets handed out free plastic carrier bags by the dozen but she was having none of it. Apart from not liking plastic, she had a bugbear about being used as a walking advertisement for the supermarket because their name was printed on the bags. "Don't use carrier bags, girls!" she exhorted. "Find a cardboard box to put your shopping in.

I'm not getting into detailed discussion here and I've stated frequently that I do not support Hamas, Hebollah, Palestinian Jihad or any other terrorist organisation and neither do I support attacks by Jewish Settlers in the West Bank, on innocent Palestinians. However, I'd like to pose just one question: 1. When paramilitary organisations on both Unionist and Republican sides were effectively 'embedded' in Northern Ireland during the 'troubles', would anyone in the UK, or even the World have supported removing them by bombing Belfast, Derry etc.. to rubble, regardless

Why is that our problem.

There are many charities who would really appreciate the £10 Christmas bonus if anyone reading this doesn’t really need it!

We could go back to Bens heyday with butter cut from a barrel, bacon sold by slices sugar weighed while you wait, all served on a sheet of greaseproof paper, and is there anything else madam? It would bring down plastic use at a stroke, improve our balance of payments and help unemployment figures - but are we prepared to pay for it?

We have got solar panels and an electric car, this is cheap to run but the outlay is more expensive. We have also had an air source pump installed recently so not sure on running costs yet. Our bills are quite low especially in summer. No more gas bills so hope this is lowering our footprint.

It's a pretty impressive place. Words like 'Light' and 'Airy' spring to mind. Absolutely none of your stuffy, dark corners in old buildings. And more computers and other tech than in several branches of Currys.

It's not something I think about really. In my youth when carbon footprints were not even a thing I drove ridiculous cars and motorcycles at ridiculous speeds and generally hooned around without a care in the world.. As an adult my pastimes/hobbies usually involved motive power of some description and two or three flights to somewhere warm. We had coal fires and never gave a thought to recycling. Now we make much use of home deliveries so there is almost no reason to go anywhere to the point it bothers me that I don't get out much. The house is well insulated, the boiler A rated

I think my footprint is fairly low/small. One car, which is 1.3 petrol. Not much long-distance travel by any other means. One average-sized property. And I’m not a Bitcoin Miner.

To be less glib: We drive Euro 6 diesels - less CO2 than petrol We don’t fly abroad for holidays We don’t have an open fire or a wood burner We recycle I wear clothes until they are worn out!

I don't have a carbon footprint, I drive everywhere. That's the stock answer!

They really can't win can they? Whinging about a measly £10 then no doubt howling about cheapskate government if they stopped it. And I seriously doubt anyone here really needs it...