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The Times Drilling to go Ahead at Sea Lion Oilfield
https://www.thetimes.com/business/companies-markets/article/drilling-confirmed-sea-lion-oil-field-rockhopper-falklands-5nz8npwpw
The Times Falkland Islands $4bn Oil Bonanza
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/falkland-islands-4bn-boost-oilfield-go-ahead-6crtkvqzk
Yahoo Finance The Falklands are Turning into a Mini Dubai
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/falklands-quietly-turning-next-dubai-180437990.html
BBC News Quick Guide: The Falklands Economy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/in_pictures_the_falklands_economy/print.stm
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Telegraph Farage By-Election Gamble Turns to Farce
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/07/07/farage-resigns-but-by-election-gamble-turns-to-farce/
BBC News Farage’s Political Rivals Rule Out Standing in Clacton
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdg4y3g0z7o
The Guardian Political Rivals Vow to Boycott By-Election
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/07/nigel-farage-quits-as-mp-amid-scrunity-over-finances-clacton-reform
Politics Home Labour and Tories Refuse to Field Candidates
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/labour-tories-refuse-stand-candidates-clacton-byelection
Politico Badenoch Says Farage Cracking Under the Pressure
https://www.politico.eu/article/kemi-badenoch-nigel-farage-pressure-by-election/
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December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
CORRECTION: Since we created the video on the Australian Bush fires it became clear one of the facts presented was incorrect. The number of arsonists arrested for bush fires used in the video isn't credible and for more check out this article https://bit.ly/2N8VEG
@patrickready4166
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Coronavirus ,huge bushfire what's next the moon crashing into earth
@rikkefk
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
My favourite youtuber is Living there
@hannanpakthini7221
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
In olden days, arround 1970s, Australians used to burn the grass, bushes for every three years so that it prevents any major fires latter. What happened it to now?
@hannanpakthini7221
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Very long ago, I happened to see in a trailer of a movie that a tissue paper or something was placed on an empty glass bottle in a desert sun of Australia. Lo, after few hours the tissue bursted into flames.
@flamingstag2381
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
SEACH YOUTUBE ! "DIRTY POWER" & see the criminals in our gov that refuse review !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Anonymous-hn4rm
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Australia : burning
Rain : sorry I hate you
@nocopyme84634744
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
amaze that the fact of climate change to these fires is not the cause – so true the greenie's have not allow any burning off in large areas NT burns off every year which means in the bad season they don't get real bad bush fires.
@blakeunage8058
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
its funny how these fires are only happening around population centres…if its climate change its very selective…..as in leftist bullshit doom tactics
@denimcowboy501
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Arsonist 183 people cause the damned fires.
@jamesmcclure6191
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Not one mention in this video about how these fires were intentionally started by humans. Just pushing the fake news lie about man-made climate change. Glad to see that you've found a new progressive issue to whinge about, since you lost on Brexit.
@Kameeho
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Good video.
But i am abit dissappointed that didn't mention the reason why bushfires get so extreme in Australia.
By how the flora is highly adapted to it to such a point that the flora is extremely flammable. Example being Eucalyptus trees that ignite by themselves if the temperature reaches high enough or if Eucalyptus oil is exposed to direct sunlight.
And that native fauna had been devastated by introduced wildlife. Much of this native fauna used to keep this flammable flora in check.
And throughout the years thus had become worse and worse
And controversial expansion into well known Bush territories. People settling in legally and illegally into highly fire prone areas.
@tacitdionysus3220
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Oh dear, it's been more than 200 years and the British still don't get that the Australian bush does not operate to the same rules as the Sussex countryside.
It's invalid to only compare areas burnt in Australia with the size of European countries (which are often tiny by comparison). A better comparison is what % of a state has been burned. NSW for example is about 80 million hectares (about 4 times the size of Great Britain, and it's hardly the biggest state), so a 4 million hectare burnt area represents 5% percent of the total area.
It's also not valid to compare fires in the Amazon rainforest directly with fires in Australian dry sclerophyll (eucalypt) forest. Rain forest is not fire adapted or tolerant at all. If burnt it is difficult for it to return to its something like it's original state. Eucalypt forest is the opposite. It needs occasional fire to thrive and will re-generate into a similar forest quite quickly. (The charred trees you see are not dead, they will soon start sprouting regrowth and recover) The process of regeneration also sequesters vast amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere; something that barely happens when rainforest is replaced by grassland for grazing. The European view of fire is that it is fundamentally destructive. But fires in the Australian environment are normal and necessary part of that environment, just like its plants and animals.
The 'half a billion animals are dead' also needs to be kept in proportion. That figure appears to have been based on typical populations in areas, but as far as I know doesn't take into account that many were already dead from severe drought. Australia always has cycles of drought every several years. It's a normal pattern of boom and bust for the species that inhabit it. Half a billion also about the same number of animals that are typically killed by feral cats in Australia over a similar period of time, but they're often smaller reptile, birds and mammals (not cuddly koalas), so the outrage doesn't arise. As the forest recovers, some animals will emerge from underground, some will fly back in (and enjoy a feast in the now open bush) and others will gradually re-enter from adjacent areas and 'islands' of unburnt fuel (like the valley where the ancient Wollemi Pines were protected).
Of course there are exceptions to this. There are patches of unusual biota in some areas (notably some of the alpine areas) that might not return in a similar way,. No place is ever exactly the same after any disturbance, even minor and gradual ones. A lot of folks still believe in the 'balance of nature' myth; that it naturally rebonds to what it was unless humans interfere. But pick up any good ecology text and you will find that 'the balance of nature' is a dated concept that is simply untrue, and that nature is always in a continuous and often chaotic process of change. Were that not the case evolution would not have occurred as it has.
By the way, the same weather phenomenon that's probably responsible for these fires (a strongly positive Indian Ocean Dipole) has now effectively ceased. Rain, storms and some hail have now occurred over most of the fire areas. BUT… Did you hear that Indonesia was also seriously affected by drought caused by the Indian Ocean Dipole. It broke there earlier on New Years Day with massive flooding in Jakarta and other areas, twice as many deaths as in the Australian fires and with vast amounts of animals affected. ……Isn't it amazing how news gets filtered for us.
@coweatsman
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
No, 183 people have not been charged with "deliberately starting bushfires". 183 people have been arrested with burning on total fire ban days. SOME (with the emphasis on "SOME") of these people are your classic pyromaniacs who get get a thrill out of starting bushfires and they always came out of the woodwork on these occasions. The majority of the 183 were arrested, and not all have been charged, but some cautioned, were lighting camp fires, BBQs, burning off some rubbish or throwing cigarettes away carelessly on to the ground. Most were not pathological pyromaniacs but selfish careless jerks. Please don't allow yourself to be misled by hysterical media who report SOME (but not all) of the truth and exaggerate, conflate or invent the rest of the story for clicks.
@coweatsman
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
I was near Newcastle, north of Sydney over xmas and the air quality of some days was so appalling with a sore throat and other symptoms. One fire at Wangi was 5 kms away but fortunately was brought under control.
@mhl56
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Igniting bushfires is a combination of deliberate, accidental and "suspicious" actions.
@3X073K
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
You forgot to mention the main cause, Liberals cut public funding to public service jobs across the board, including land management. I saw the news years back predicting this disaster, yet everyone seems to have the memory of a goldfish….
@arinangel_
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
The current government lead by the Liberal and National Party coalition has been in power both federally and at state level for nearly a decade – They are SQUARELY responsible due to criminal water mismanagement, underfunding emergency services and gutting national parks and wildlife services and ignoring rural communities and farmers because they are not in marginal voting seats. They are the most corrupt and inept government I've seen in this country.
@SwissSareth
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
It burns. End of explanation.
@Hello__Hi
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Agenda 2030 centralization of population in Mega city by any means. Cut of water supply start fire in large regions and buying cheap land after that force people to relocate and find job or food supply in big city…..
@rdoetjes
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
You CAN have too much solidarity! When your sell your own people’s security and needs, then it’s too much.
There’s truly something as too much altruism.
@sandydix6383
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Many people are using our fires to push their own agendas. People want to comment on the reasons without even knowing our country and real reasons. Guessing many who have "all the answers" have never visited here.
Many reasons why so many got caught in what is normal for us. Lets start with the greenies. Then young people not having the history of living through australian summers. Then there is the growth in population who have decided to LIVE IN THE BUSH FIRE ZONES.
Years ago when the population was significantly less, we were smart enough to know you dont live in the trees. I could go on but you lot will believe what you choose.
@buckshort9282
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Libtards stopped preventive controlled burns
@gailhowes9398
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
There are so many comments indicating a number of errors in this report, perhaps more research could have been done before airing to the public. What your Liberal PM seems to be doing is much like our Liberal PM is doing, not much for the whole country. Thank you to all the brave men and women working so hard to combat this disaster wether armed forces, support people ( from meals to shelters for ones who have lost their homes to the injured animals etc. ) thank you does not say enough for your compassion, dedication, your strength to keep going on to make a difference. The help from other countries because they know what it is like to be in dangerous situations and they genuinely care! You are showing your government that it is the people who have the power when the so called “ leaders” slough off. I honour you all, right down to ground you are fighting nature for, if I physically could I would find something to do but Parkinson’s disease prevents this, but I can add some money to the pot and hopefully it gets to those that need it!
@tridevee7089
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
If about 1 km tp 2 km tree near to fire could cut and trees are taken far from fire areas then the fire can be controlled. Please spread this news to Australia if you can. Coust also reduced to half.
@incog2575
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
This is a punishment from god, that's how bad people on this earth are becoming, the day of judgement is near, this is a sign.
@torresjrmichael4644
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
When you accidentally put fire on trees
@manuscriptfilms6969
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Plenty of other videos better than this. Only half the story
@UteChewb
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
That 183 number of people. Most of those were people who stupidly ignored fire bans: throwing cigarettes out of cars etc. They were fined. Only 24 have been charged with deliberately lighting a fire.
@billlumburg7594
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
These fires are terrible, I pray that they are subdued quickly. I send Australia Love from Florida ❤️
@VictorSardenberg
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
It’s time to overcome capitalism
@jamesbolivardigriz7099
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Only 28 arrests were for arson, the number of 183 you quoted was for people charged with ignoring fire bans. This is currently an anti-science conspiracy theory being pushed by the Murdoch media and the vast number were started via lightning strike in inaccessible areas, please correct your harmful misinformation.
@kittycali152
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Arsnonist are a community pest, look how pest you are, someone is taking the blame because of your stupidity.
@davidcwitkin6729
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Make that A BILLION dead animals. A BILLION.
@Ozipeter
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Let it be known the fires were a combination of the right conditions meeting to create one hell of a firestorm that no brigade could stop, only to get out of the way and let nature burn. Fires need fuel to burn and there was plenty of fuel on the ground evidently of the size of the head of the fire . Our national parks and hazard reduction burning was severely restricted many years ago. This was a time bomb waiting for the right conditions to come along and it came. The climate change anarchist waited until this moment to strike their cause into the world media. Did you see any of them fighting the fires? There are a "few'?
2020 will be council elections in NSW and I will predict that these Greens (Watermelons) will be nowhere to be seen. How a PM going on holiday could exacerbate a fire from which the very own policy and restrictions promoted by Green agenda helped fan so easily in the right conditions for a catastrophe is beyond me. Our democracy is truly under attack.
@cuteko5938
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
m having a hard time to understand all of thesee. jsut tell me how it started and what are the causes??
@AF-ge4pe
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
So you are saying this massive thing that killed 5M animals was organized…for… money?
@kin2naruto
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Hold up…. more then 160 people have charged with ARSON…. why is that not the leading topic? Why are we talking about "climate change" and "emission standards" when more then 160+ people were DELIBERATLY setting fires during the most dangerous time of the year for bush fires – and are continuing to set fires even after the death toll and devastaion hit the world news!
@A.J.8.8.8
December 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm
You should take this video down and re-do it. Wrong information!!!