Isn’t that called a duathlon to distinguish it from the winter Olympic event?

Very unlikely. Keith is pandering to the right on this issue.

You confident that blue Labour will reverse this policy?

Sounds like a man who needs paternity leave.

Vital eh?

I’d forgotten that I ought to be dead.

I was definitely thinking of a hypothetical golf course; I’m not under any illusions that the vast majority are biodiversity deserts.

Not for the same resource input it doesn’t.

Debatable. Depending on the golf course location and management, there could be an argument for them at least providing some space for biodiversity.

Tobacco doesn’t produce as much of use, but also doesn’t come with the same methane emissions, or slurry runoff.

Quite the reverse in fact! Livestock produces fewer calories and nutrients per square meter than crops.

Sorry for not being clear; that was the point I was trying to make.

And livestock

UK: furiously scribbling notes

Even so, the only way my wage is going to keep up with inflation is through promotion. It stiffs people who just want to keep doing what they’re good at and not fail upwards.

You’re talking out of your arse pal. Nicotine is the addictive substance in cigarettes and vape fluid. Furthermore, it is still toxic, but vaping is simply less harmful than smoking - not harmless.

So are they only looking at safety and toxicity in this trial, and not expecting to see additional tooth growth?

That appears to be the current goal, but it still looks like the phase-1 will be on healthy adults which is pretty creepy to imagine!

They only say “a growing trend” of non-clinical treatment without actually giving numbers. Does that mean the absolute numbers are going up, the proportion of non-clinical to clinical are going up, or that more people are talking about it on social media?