+Stories appear now and then about the deaths of boat people—either in the English Channel or the Mediterranean—in the latter case possibly 3,000 deaths last year. Thanks to Dr Michael Mosley other types of death in the Med are now getting greater attention. These are of northern holiday makers who come south to enjoy the sun and who literally walk to their deaths in unforgiving landscapes. It seems this phenomenon has grown this year, albeit still with comparatively few mortalities. The Telegraph ran a story on it, and unsurprisingly failed to mention that the unprecedented heat may have something to do with climate change. It’s more a case of learning to take a few precautions and all will be well. Of course I would agree with taking precautions, but keeping your mobile on and carrying a water bottle (and wearing a hat) will not make the heat go away. In memory of Michael Mosley perhaps one could say ‘Just one thing: stop climate change.’
+As the most exciting general election ever draws to a close, Electoral Calculus has published its latest poll of polls, with a central prediction that Labour will win 470 seats, with the Tories on 61 and LibDems on 71, making the LibDems the official opposition. Were this to be the case it will be interesting to see how the LibDems go about opposing—from the left, presumably? Another scenario is possible—Electoral Calculus has Reform winning seven seats, so if the Tories did slightly better, then they may see a merger with Reform a possibility in order to ensure they can form the official opposition. Farage leader of HM Official Opposition? How exciting! At least there’d be no room on that stage for Boris Johnson to make a comeback. These permutations seem to me to be the only interesting factors in this election, unless the pollsters have got it massively wrong.
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