Europe recieves 3% from Hormuz straights, thats the reason no alternative route to the Med was ever seriously planned despite the issues with Iran over the past 40 years, let the affected Countries ie China/India etc sort it out, no need for us to get involved(pay for it).
Have used it with lime and white cement to get an almost pure white, without the lime it is hard to work, mortar tint could be a solution, but some of that pointing needs re doing.
The mortar tint can be diluted to make it less white.
Too far to travel for me, the 3/400 quotes are about right for a short days work, but i would not need a lintel to brick up a window, as the above post (from a builder) suggested, the brick kinda support themselves (y)
No surprise here, 12 times more than the Runcorn by election
https://democracyvolunteers.org/major-concerns-over-family-voting-in-gorton-and-denton-poll/