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[Cousin Jack]

It would be nice to have a scale on those images. You don't get the true sense of how hooooge the pillars are.

Yeah why don’t they set a banana beside it?

Much bigger than that, perhaps a bus?

[irie]

Apparently the Chief Whip's deputy has also resigned.

And confirmed by the BBC.

Not long to go now....

Not long to go now ... until what? That is the question.

[Count Steer]

It would be nice to have a scale on those images. You don't get the true sense of how hooooge the pillars are.

Yeah why don’t they set a banana beside it?

Much bigger than that, perhaps a bus?

Or superimpose it on a map of Wales or 'n' football pitches?

(It's roughly 70×50 light years).

[Horse]

Or a blue whale

[Count Steer]

Or a blue whale

...and a bowl of petunias*? (Should be a sperm whale for that though).

* saying 'Oh no, not again'.

[JackyJoll]

It would be nice to have a scale on those images. You don't get the true sense of how hooooge the pillars are.

Yeah why don’t they set a banana beside it?

Much bigger than that, perhaps a bus?

Is there one on the Moon? That’s already part of the way there.

[JackyJoll]

Or a blue whale

I think they sort of augment the colours.

[JackyJoll]

I'll ask the greengrocer if he's got any 70 light year long bananas.

Security question on the bumming forum.

So I heard anyway.

[Mr. Dazzle]

It would be nice to have a scale on those images. You don't get the true sense of how hooooge the pillars are.

I was surprised the first time I heard...

The little knots of gas sticking out, like the one just to the left of the two vertically stacked pink stars in the left picture, are about the size of our solar system.

[Horse]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0d83x9z

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[Yorick]

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[Docca]

[demographic]

It would be nice to have a scale on those images. You don't get the true sense of how hooooge the pillars are.

Well, if the TV measurements are anything to go by, its either a shitload of Elephants or a few less footbal pitches.

[Lutin]

You've had your chips - Climate change: Are potatoes being put at risk by warmer weather?

The humble potato may struggle to grow in the UK in years to come due to climate change, researchers have warned.

Scotland's fields grow a quarter of Britain's potato crop.

However household favourites such as Ayrshire and Maris Piper are said to be at risk as temperatures rise.

The James Hutton Institute (JHI) at Invergowrie, just outside Dundee, is now trying to find varieties that will grow in warmer conditions.

The annual retail value of potato products across the UK is put at more than £2bn.

Prof Lesley Torrance, the JHI research organisation's executive director of science, warned that climate change posed an "existential threat" to the potato industry.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

You've had your chips - Climate change: Are potatoes being put at risk by warmer weather?

The humble potato may struggle to grow in the UK in years to come due to climate change, researchers have warned.

Scotland's fields grow a quarter of Britain's potato crop.

However household favourites such as Ayrshire and Maris Piper are said to be at risk as temperatures rise.

The James Hutton Institute (JHI) at Invergowrie, just outside Dundee, is now trying to find varieties that will grow in warmer conditions.

The annual retail value of potato products across the UK is put at more than £2bn.

Prof Lesley Torrance, the JHI research organisation's executive director of science, warned that climate change posed an "existential threat" to the potato industry.

Is Scotland going to suddenly become warmer than Jersey where they also manage to grow potatoes, I've seen potatoes growing in Crete by the way, and I believe Crete's a lot warmer than Scotland.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Aren't spuds native to central America? A place famous for it's wet, drab, cold weather.

[Yorick]

You've had your chips - Climate change: Are potatoes being put at risk by warmer weather?

The humble potato may struggle to grow in the UK in years to come due to climate change, researchers have warned.

Scotland's fields grow a quarter of Britain's potato crop.

However household favourites such as Ayrshire and Maris Piper are said to be at risk as temperatures rise.

The James Hutton Institute (JHI) at Invergowrie, just outside Dundee, is now trying to find varieties that will grow in warmer conditions.

The annual retail value of potato products across the UK is put at more than £2bn.

Prof Lesley Torrance, the JHI research organisation's executive director of science, warned that climate change posed an "existential threat" to the potato industry.

Is Scotland going to suddenly become warmer than Jersey where they also manage to grow potatoes, I've seen potatoes growing in Crete by the way, and I believe Crete's a lot warmer than Scotland.

They grow just fine here

[Count Steer]

You've had your chips - Climate change: Are potatoes being put at risk by warmer weather?

The humble potato may struggle to grow in the UK in years to come due to climate change, researchers have warned.

Scotland's fields grow a quarter of Britain's potato crop.

However household favourites such as Ayrshire and Maris Piper are said to be at risk as temperatures rise.

The James Hutton Institute (JHI) at Invergowrie, just outside Dundee, is now trying to find varieties that will grow in warmer conditions.

The annual retail value of potato products across the UK is put at more than £2bn.

Prof Lesley Torrance, the JHI research organisation's executive director of science, warned that climate change posed an "existential threat" to the potato industry.

Is Scotland going to suddenly become warmer than Jersey where they also manage to grow potatoes, I've seen potatoes growing in Crete by the way, and I believe Crete's a lot warmer than Scotland.

Don't think Jerseys make good chips. There was a time when you could get Egyptian new potatoes in the supermarket. M&S seem to get lots of spuds from Israel, but the big stuff for chips, crisps, mash etc seems to be spud varieties grown in colder places.

[Pirahna]

You've had your chips - Climate change: Are potatoes being put at risk by warmer weather?

Is Scotland going to suddenly become warmer than Jersey where they also manage to grow potatoes, I've seen potatoes growing in Crete by the way, and I believe Crete's a lot warmer than Scotland.

Don't think Jerseys make good chips. There was a time when you could get Egyptian new potatoes in the supermarket. M&S seem to get lots of spuds from Israel, but the big stuff for chips, crisps, mash etc seems to be spud varieties grown in colder places.

Scottish seed potatoes are the best around. A big export market for them to Ireland, Spain, Italy and anywhere else in Europe that grows spuds.

[Ant]

Don't think Jerseys make good chips.

They make good underpants, though.