@Boot, plants, particularly grass dont grow well without enough light !!
Poor light = poor crops !! 
I note that the top image you posted had half of the solar panels missing ?
Due entirely to the above facts!!
Ergo, poor light= poor crops and 50% less electricity !!
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The Foreign Secretary, firm favourite to succeed Boris Johnson, appeared to put pressure on her rival Rishi Sunak to stand down as she shared the open letter from some of her prominent backers, including Lord Frost, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Sir Iain Duncan Smith.
The signatories, which include ten sitting and 11 past Cabinet ministers, argued that only Miss Truss âhas what it takesâ and would break from the âtired economic managerialism of the pastâ in a thinly veiled swipe at the former chancellor.
They wrote: âFor us, there is only one candidate who has what it takes: Liz Truss. She has shown she will do what is necessary and right, even in the face of great adversity. In challenging times, Britain needs a prime minister who can be trusted to deliver. Liz has a clear plan to grow our economy, founded on true Conservative principles of aspiration, enterprise and freedom, which will help fund our public services and NHS. She will unleash the huge opportunities of Brexit, break from the tired economic managerialism of the past and challenge failed groupthink.â
Well, they would say that, wouldnât they ⊠
Presumably, the Right Honourable Members know something about Trussâs ability that the rest of the world doesnât ⊠
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Wonder which position they have been promised then 
I liked the way the Truss plans for tax cuts to âtackle the cost of living crisisâ have been described in this article as âTitanic Economicsâ
â It doesnât take an economist to realise that, far from âtackling the cost of living crisisâ, introducing tax cuts is a dire way to target support: it just adds more cash to upper middle-class familiesâ pockets while the very poorest â many of whom pay little or no income tax â donât benefit.
Just look at the details of Trussâs ÂŁ30bn cut: ÂŁ19bn of it would go not to struggling families, but to businesses skirting corporation tax rises. Indeed, even Trussâs plan to scrap the national insurance rise would benefit the wealthiest: 85% of the ÂŁ8bn cost would go to the top half of earners.
It is Titanic economics, where the country is sinking and only the rich get a life raft. â
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Liz Truss mistakenly told the Cheltenham hustings she was in Derbyshire, despite the town being located in Gloucestershire.
When asked how she is going to tackle the cost of living crisis, the Tory leadership challenger told Conservative members she wants to concentrate on âlowering taxesâ.
Ms Truss then appeared to get her counties mixed up, saying âwe need to get on with delivering the small modular nuclear reactors which we produce here in Derbyshireâ.
Her claim was still met with a small round of applause from the Cheltenham audience.
Trussâs lack of spatial awareness is worrying - not knowing where she is has become a habit ⊠is it a sign that her robotic brain needs retuning ⊠
In his article, Sir Robert says he had initially backed Mr Sunak because he felt that, during the parliamentary rounds where MPs decided on the final two candidates, he was âembodying what we needed.â
âAs the campaign has moved on, and as I have listened carefully to both candidates, I have thought deeply about the issues that move me and what I want to see the next prime minister doing,â he said. âChanging your mind on an issue like this is not an easy thing to do, but I have decided that Liz Truss is the right person to take the country forward.â
Sir Robert has previously described himself as a âstrong Remainerâ and a âOne-Nation, moderate Conservativeâ. Before becoming secretary of state for Wales, he served as justice secretary and prisons minister. He said he had switched to Ms Truss in part because she had pledged to address his concerns about the Bill of Rights, a proposed piece of legislation intended to replace the Human Rights Act.
Sir Robert said he also wanted to see the next prime minister prioritise growth, saying it would be necessary if the government was to make a âreal difference to peopleâ.
âWe need growth and investment, and we need to learn to love business again,â he wrote. âThat is⊠the Conservative way of boosting household finances and getting the tax revenues we need to fund public services,â he writes. â[Ms Trussâs] plans give us our best shot at reaching our potential with the high-growth, high-productivity economy that we need,â he said.
Obviously the Welsh Secretary is privy to enlightening information about the ability of Ms Truss. This information is, seemingly, not available to the electorate.
âŠPresumably by maximising the chances of getting a Labour Government into power since even they surely canât be as useless as this bunch of comedians???
In a head-to-head vote, 63% of party members chose the prime minister compared with 22% for Liz Truss, Opinium found.
When asked about Mr Johnson versus Rishi Sunak, 68% went for the PM, with 19% opting for his former chancellor.
Among the general public, however, the results were reversed, albeit over much smaller margins.
Just less than a third (31%) would choose Ms Truss over Mr Johnson, who attracted 26% support.
With Mr Sunak it was much closer, with 32% backing him, against 31% for Mr Johnson.
Rishi Sunak is more popular among younger party members. It means that for Mr Sunak to be successful, he would have to win the votes of all those who remain undecided, as well as a significant proportion of those yet to vote.
Ms Truss is mostly attracting support from older members of the party, the research found. She has a 40-point lead among those aged over 65, while among the under-50s, she is eight points behind Mr Sunak.
The main reasons members gave for backing Ms Truss were that she was seen as more honest and trustworthy (14%), and that she remained loyal to Mr Johnson (10%). A further 8% were impressed with her plans for tax cuts and believe she is a better bet on the economy.
Those supporting Mr Sunak chose the same reason - his perceived economic competence. That accounted for 22% of votes for the former chancellor, while 10% believe he is the most competent and intelligent.
Playing to the gallery for Truss is patently working with the âOld Guardâ of Tory members - the âYoung Turksâ and the electorate, however, are less impressed ⊠
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It speaks volumes that both Boris and Truss are so well liked amongst the few who are going to choose our next PM.
Not exactly in touch with what the plebs think.
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Wasnât it good of Boris to stay on to ensure the country was governed in these difficult times.
He is now on his second holiday in a fortnight.
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I had to google where he was because I had no idea - Greece!! Itâs as if he has just abandoned us. We effectively have no leader at the moment. How is this allowed to even happen?
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Sums up exactly why he should never have been given the job in the first place, yet alone stay in office for so long.
Another Holiday, Removal Vans Fuel Sense Johnson Has Checked Out
Boris Johnson is on his second holiday of the month and doesnât plan to dial in to any remote engagements, his spokesman said, fueling the sense of inertia in the UK government weeks ahead of the prime ministerâs formal departure in September.
Adding to the perception that Johnson has already checked out, two large removal vans could be seen outside his office and residence in Downing Street on Monday morning, as his preparations for life after No. 10 reach a clearly advanced stage.
Johnson visited Slovenia with his family earlier this month and he was videoed shopping in a Greek supermarket over the weekend.
His spokesman, Max Blain, said the premier is on leave and wonât be consulting the âred boxâ full of daily briefing notes that UK ministers usually process. He will return at the weekend. Blain said Johnson remains âcontactableâ and will still be involved in any âurgent decisionsâ that need to be made.
The Telegraph reports that BJ will spend the rest of his term at his âfreebieâ country residence, Chequers. No doubt he will be entertaining his cronies at a succession of âfarewellâ parties âŠ
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Perhaps some on here would like to guess what decor the two potential incumbents might end up putting into the No.10 flat in the event that they win?
I canât upload piccies yet, but I suspect Mme Truss would go for a bondage room with swastika theme.
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They need to set an example in these difficult times.
Wood chip and brilliant white emulsion.
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âŠwith everyoneâs shoes on the doorstep? 
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Yep, canât be having marks on the lino.
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Nor damage the plastic scotchguard carpet runners.