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The Dead Party Sketch

THE DEAD PARTY SKETCH (A member attends a conference.) I wish to complain about this party what I joined not half an hour ago. Oh yes, the, uh, the Labour Red...What's,uh...What's wrong with it? I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's blue, that's what's wrong with it! No, no, 'it's uh,... just the unions. Look, matey, I know a blue party when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now. No no it's not blue, it's, it's just socially conservative! Remarkable party, the Labour Red, inn'it, ay? Beautiful Leader! The Leader don't enter into it. It's gone blue. Nononono, no, no! 'E's votin' on 'is post! They do that every election, they all try to be first! All right then, if he's just votin' on 'is post, I'll wake him up! (shouting at the cage) 'Ello, Comrade Labour Party! I've got a lovely fresh voting system for you... There, he moved! No, he didn't, that was you trying to con voters! I never was!! Yes, you were! (member yells and hits the cage repeatedly) 'EL

30 Sep 2021
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The Out-of-Sight Pollutant - Shipping. Over the Horizon, bringing us all that Stuff we Buy - In a Way, we're Importing Pollution!

Out of sight, over the horizon, possibly out of mind as well - but still pumping out pollutants! There's one massive transport network that needs cleaning up, but which we might have forgotten - shipping. There are 110,700 ships of over 100 gross tonnes ploughing through the world's oceans. Although mile for mile and ton for ton ocean shipping is be far the cheapest way to transport goods, a great deal of energy is needed to push them through the water. Though fitted with enormous, relatively efficient, diesel engines, the "bunker fuel" that most large ships use for fuel is basically the unrefinable junk that the petroleum discards - something like the tar that is used on roads. Not only is it black, sticky and unheathily dangerous, but it is rich in pollutants such as sulphur and produces clouds of black poisonous smoke full of dangerous micro-particles.

17 Dec 2021
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