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That is very much a consequence of Higher Education institutions pivoting to the overseas marketplace in order to survive. The numbers have now been curtailed due to changes to the student visas meaning that overseas applicants for postgraduate taught can no longer bring their families. Many 'modern' teaching universities have anticipated change and have been developing the provision of apprenticeships for years. The big Russell Group institutions have maintained their substantial research revenues and plough on. Actually, many of the 'moderns' are awarded gold standard in the Teaching Excellence Framework, where many Russell Group universities and red-bricks have failed to adapt their mainly transmissive teaching styles. Unfortunately, since the abandonment of polytechnics an increasing proportion of students today find themselves out of sorts in academia. In order to survive the current revenue crisis current universities are offering places via clearing to applicants with shockingly bad grades.

I use Star Walk - both are excellent.

To echo @leicsmac where there are now many superb beginner friendly telescopes on the market I would recommend starting out with a good pair of astro-binoculars and a tripod. The Celestron 20x 80 Skymaster Pro is an excellent buy. Remember, if you are just getting the bug, because binoculars have a much wider field of view it makes it much easier to find objects. And actually, if you are just starting out a pair of 7×35, 8×40 or 7×50 binoculars is probably your best choice. A good set will easily reveal detailed features on the Moon and will show Saturn's rings for example. Larger models (over 80mm) will be better for fainter objects like galaxies and nebulae. In addition to ease of use, you also have portability, upright image orientation and stereo vision for depth perception. Don't be ridiculous. Anything but.

Ffs, get a grip.

Talking of Ipswich - remember Eric Gates?

Jesus Christ! er, I mean, good Lord, are you serous?

And all that's just Marjorie Taylor Greene for starters.

You'll honestly find that the reason that many people believe the latter is rooted in the former.

Chemtrail conspiracy believer: "Really? You show people "making contrails" (condensation from breath). Let me ask you... If I make a contrail on a cold day, and I keep walking, if I turn around, will I see that condensation suspended in the air for miles behind me? NO." Me: "You'll find the explanation may well be because the exhalation from your lungs during your walk is not equivalent or analogous to a large turbofan jet engine rated up to 115,000 lbs of thrust, continually burning a hydrocarbon fuel at 1,100°C and 4 litres per second, emitting a stream of 600°C superheated exhaust in an ambient ice saturated environment < -60°C whilst travelling at speeds up to and occasionally in excess of 500 knots." Chemtrail conspiracy believer: "Paid government shill".

Disagree. The party and its voters are now given over to the alt-right. Terrifying to think that actually, there are even scarier presidential candidates than Donald Trump waiting in the wings.

Seriously? Fluoride is not added by all water authorities. Because it can strengthen and re-mineralise damaged enamel, making it more resistant to decay, it may be added to public drinking water and also toothpaste and mouthwash - and nutjobs in the USA in particular think that this is an attempt to stupify or depopulate. Dumbing down? the USA population? Really? Actually, conspiracy nuts in America have fumed for decades over state fluoridation, attributing it to everything from government mind control to a communist plot. Toxicity is a measure of a substance's potential to cause harm to biological organisms and is a function of such factors as exposure, dose, pathway and chemical composition. Contrary to what you might hear, fluoride is a mineral that occurs in nature and is also naturally present in water, including our food. The toxic dose of fluoride varies by weight, but is typically estimated to be 5–10 mg/kg. Where additions are made it is less than 0.1 ppm which has to be the most ineffectual and pointless supposed conspiracy directed at the public next to chemtrails. The matchday threads are far more harmful to your health so no need for anyone to get their pineal gland in a twist. Yeah, the problem with that is that these people invariably aren't interested to listening to you, nor any objective evidence to the contrary. They call that 'free thinking' - because evidently a dumb video on Rumble told them what to think about subjects that they have absolutely no knowledge about whatsoever.

In addition to behaving in an unethical and unlawful manner.

This is an appallingly ill conceived policy by the Chancellor/government. Apologists point to the fact that agricultural property relief was increasingly being used by the very wealthy to protect their assets from tax. This is going to crucify the already beleaguered traditional family farm whilst the NFU warned that such a move may seriously damage food production. Every penny that the government saves from this will come from the next generation having to break up their family farm. Also, such businesses are more likely to sell up to the developer. Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief have allowed venerable and historic farm businesses to be passed on to the next generation without incurring inheritance tax charges which many would be unable to pay without selling up. This was also essential for farmers who rent land as part of their business model. This comprises at least 60% of farmland in the UK.

Very much this. The identity and the localised fanbase that has been eroded away by bigger clubs, their glory hunters and owners. Also, being able to go to a game on a whim, both home and away without the necessity of having a season ticket or accruing points through membership added to which the lack of an allocated seat. We would often spontaneously decide down the pub on a Friday night to drive to an away game that weekend in a fleet of cars or take the football special because we hadn't been to the ground before or visited that town or city. Simply turn up, pay your money (a couple of quid) and watch your team play away.

Nothing like the old days. It simply doesn't get policed anymore. All that you need to do is say that it was on for a show and you meant to change it back and keep an original/legal one. Years ago I'd get harassed and pulled over small plates, race exhausts and black visors, it generally isn't enforced anymore. Added to which, traffic police are scarcer and work according to different remits.

A Harley dealer - under duress - to buy a charger for my newly installed lithium battery. The new bike has an SAE, Type 1/J plug connector. ****ing yanks.

This sort of shit surrounding 'The Great Reset', has its roots in the bullshit perpetrated by the same sources over Agenda 2. Yep, that non-binding action plan suggested by the United Nations in respect of sustainable development dating back the Earth Summit (UN Conference on Environment and Development) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, some thirty years ago. Y'know, the one that isn't enforced at all and contains a series of guidelines pertaining to fair trade practices, sustainable energy and urban development (i.e. more efficient zoning), and debt reduction for the developing world. The one that no nation ever has instituted or rigidly adhered to its guidelines.

Hilariously there were some of the same individuals complaining in last Saturday's match thread about how Cooper has dismantled the successful system from last season. The same fools that were calling for Maresca to be sacked.

A common trope amongst these goons is that the moon is in fact "a luminary", a ball of plasma (even though they don't know what the word means) and is therefore has no solid surface in spite of the fact that you can see the mare and the lunar highlands with the naked eye and a cheap back yard telescope reveals its topography and relief in detail. But then, these are the same individuals that maintain that the Earth is flat.