I have recently done another video about Melatonin. On my blog entry about insomnia I go into some links relating to Melatonin. It is clear, however, that Melatonin is key for reducing the decay that occurs in cells. At the moment I am trying to set up a trial into the use of melatonin for improving cellular health reversing the entropic decay that occurs over time (cellular aging). If

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The ongoing Paterson affair offers us the opportunity and motivation to analyse our fragile and imperfect version of democracy. That MPs can, and sometimes do, receive large sums of money to represent the interests of organisations and individuals shows that, if unchecked and effectively unregulated, we are in, or on the way to being, a plutocracy and not a robust, deep democracy. It would be more efficient to double the pay of MPs and ensure that they did not take monies from the fat wallets, individual or corporate. The decreasing popular support of political parties makes them ever more likely ...

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Second paragraph of third chapter:The climax of such a tempestuous year [1973], in December, was another summit meeting of the Nine in Copenhagen, hijacked by Arab oil ministers. The leaders battled with a heavy agenda of items on which their ministers could not agree: economic and monetary union, the financing of regional development policy, a social policy action plan and energy policy. Copenhagen was the first European Community summit to have been taken over by crisis: there would be many more such meetings, stretching into the early hours of the morning, with exhausted leaders (in Pompidou's case mortally sick) struggling ...

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We should all have been shocked and embarrassed by the news that an Israeli minister was unable to access COP26 on Monday because she was in a wheelchair. This was followed by an attempt at victim blaming by Environment Secretary George Eustice who said that she should have told them about her access needs in advance. The Prime Minister eventually apologised, but used weaselly terms like "confusion" and "regrettable incident". The Black Lives Matter movement has alerted us all to the concepts of institutional and structural racism. They remind us that discrimination does not always result from hatred or prejudice, ...

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To most on the left and centre of British politics it is clear that Mr Johnson cannot possibly last for long as prime minister: his "luck" is bound to run out eventually. Personally I believed that by the autumn of this year the Tories would have ditched him. But no, in spite of having mishandled the pandemic, trashed Britain's international reputation, kept scant regard to truth and decency in his on personal behaviour, squandered billions of our money on irregularly arranged contracts for friends and Tory donors, his government remains ahead in the polls and the Tory MPs are happy ...

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On Thursday I received an email from Dan Schmeising giving me a link to an "exclusive budget briefing" setting out our reaction to Wednesday's budget. The budget briefing states: Provide at least the full recommended £15 billion to fund the catch-up needed in Education over three years. "Double the Warm Home Discount on energy bills and extend it to everyone on Pension Credit and Universal Credit". Why haven't we included extending it to the legacy benefits? The Warm Home Discount is currently a £140 refund on a person's energy bills if they receive particular benefits. Implement (it is implied) our ...

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One of the areas which has perplexed me for a number of years is the role of the external auditor in not finding out the many and obvious problems in the way that the Council was being run by Labour ... Continue reading →

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Every Thursday the City Church Community Cafe and Larder is open 11am-2pm at The Friary in Tullideph Road. Residents are welcome to come along for homemade soup and cakes and to pick up some groceries.

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Yesterday, MPs today set a new low standard for democracy in the UK. Conservative MPs voted to maintain an image of sleaze against promoting an image of integrity. Instead of suspending Owen Paterson, MP for North Shropshire, they suspended Commons Committee on Standards instead. The Conservatives in the House of Commons have lost their moral compass. That includes the five Shropshire MPs, including Philip Dunne who voted to change the standards procedures than meter due sanction to Paterson. Boris Johnson, boosted by his role as host of COP26, is currently a superhero in Invincible mode. Believing that nothing can harm ...

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In the least surprising development of 2021, the Guardian reports that the Conservative MP Owen Paterson has escaped suspension from the Commons for 30 days, and a possible byelection, after the government intervened at the last minute to pause the process and review the watchdog that investigates wrongdoing in parliament. The paper says that the former cabinet minister was found to have committed an "egregious" breach of lobbying rules during meetings and conversations with the Food Standards Agency and the Department for International Development while he was being paid more than £100,000 by two firms - Randox and Lynn's Country ...

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Paul and Rebecca Whitewick take a look at the railway history of Winchester, including why the main line from Southampton to London takes a detour to pass through it and a visit to its little-known second station. If you enjoy their videos, you can support Paul and Rebecca through their Patreon page.

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