🚨BP today dumped its plans to cut oil and gas output, "vowing instead to focus on returns and investing in the most profitable businesses, first and foremost in oil and gas." BP is the lead beneficiary of a £22bn UK govt plan to invest in carbon capture and storage in Teesside.

Exclusive: BP abandons goal to cut oil output, resets strategy

The London-listed company is now targeting several new investments in the Middle East and the Gulf of Mexico to boost its oil and gas output.

This isn’t news. It’s Tory propaganda. Barely bats an eye when Zahawi heats his stables, Johnson freeloads his arse off or McVey takes £18K freebies in 2months. Rayner pays for something expensive herself and The Times wants to shame her. What a nasty, snobby, shit-stirring rag.

I was indeed your perfect cousin....

me too. was fascinated by the dutch team in 74 and 78. The names Cruyff, Neeskens, Rep and Rensenbrink have always stayed with me. needless to say i had a dutch subbuteo team.

98% of the adult cares homes closed to protect people from harm were run by for profit companies. And 90% of children's homes. Time to end this absurdity. Core public services should not be cash cows for private equity. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Private firms ran almost all care homes forced to shut for breaches in England

Study finds more than 90% of facilities for children and 98% of those for adults that were closed down were run for profit

I Stand With Lebanon. Nobody else seems to want to. A deeply flawed country but one that's never invaded any of its neighbours, and was founded on an attempt to move on from sectarian communal violence. Naturally, no-one seems to think *it* has a right to exist or defend it's borders.

This would suggest that obscene profits - 1.61bn in half a year during a cost of living crisis - are dependent on exploitation of workers. But meh, who cares, when 'growth' is mentioned. Reeves will be listening. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Tesco boss says new workers’ rights laws must not hurt growth

Bill is likely to include measures such as ending ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts and changes to sick pay

Baton Rouge sunset tonight

Anyone who believes Starmer has given away an island just a few weeks after becoming PM needs to give their head a wobble. This negotiation has taken several years.

I finally invested in Pixinsight and wow, it’s pretty incredible. Amazing to think this was taken with a $500 smart telescope that some people want to call nothing but a toy. I think it’s super fun to push it to the limits of what it is capable of doing! #astrophotography#seestar