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That’s outrageous, but unsurprising.

I read yesterday about the dramatic increase in the number of unconditional university place offers. That’s right, they will take you on a degree course regardless of the grades you achieve. I think university education, or rather what it has become, is one of the biggest scandals of recent...

But cloud cover is not reliable or particularly predictable, especially in the UK.

Very little power in use, but hen add: the gathering of base raw materials + transport of raw materials + processing of raw materials + transport to and power used at processing facility + transport to distributor and power used storing + transport to manufacturing base and power used during...

Did you submit this reply in on a postcard together with a postal order for ten shillings?

Renewables, long half life, nuclear, waste, fossil, it’s all irrelevant. The only fact is that in a world with a population which is expanding out of control and a world which growing increasingly sophisticated, the demand for energy is going to exceed anything that can be produced by...

Let's get this in perspective. Just how long does it take to go to your local Wicks DIY Superstore, buy and 8' x 4' shed and then erect it?

Shouldn't their be a third definition? "A minister who is a total retard and one who can't be trusted to go to the lavatory without causing injury to himself or other persons in close proximity."

Has anyone else had this sh!te land in their inbox? Spamming b@stards. I hate them. Where has this extra money suddenly come from? There has been no dramatic upturn in the economy since we were being told that there was no funding available for wage increases in the public sector. “There is no...

Why haven’t the government thought of this before? It’s so obvious now you say it. Just print billions of pounds, give everyone in the U.K. a couple of million each and that’s it, we become a nation of multi-millionaires! We can then really tell those continental b@stards to get stuffed...

3.5% pay rises for the public sector. Yippee, the money hose has been turned on at the hydrant. Let us all give thanks to the almighty May. Just a couple of concerns. 1) Where is the money coming from? 2) The last time the Torys were kind to the police was when they wanted them to kick in the...

I've still got my Pro-Connect which is over 10 years old now & I still use it a few times per week. I think the original cable operated rim brakes are better that the Magura hydraulics which I retro fitted. Thinking about it, I don't think they ever fitted the Pro-Connect with Magura brakes, it...

I don’t remember there being a model fitted with a coaster brake, just the cable operated rim brakes and the awful Magura hydraulic rim brakes. Then came the Pro-Connect Disc 8, Alfine 8 speed, Panasonic motor with front & rear disc brakes, probably the best ebike of all time. It’s been...

I had no idea that the “medical ailment” excuse was still in use. I thought its credibility had been exhausted about 3 years ago and that things had now moved on to slightly more sophisticated measures based on distraction techniques. I suppose there is no harm in giving the old analog type...

You make it sound like the situation that these dole type people are in is the fault of others. It’s always someone else’s fault, never their own. I know full well that there are a great many people, who through no fault of their own, are unable to earn a living. I don’t think anyone objects...

Choosing not to work, when you are able bodied, and there is a job available paying equal to or greater than benefits is out of the question. The benefits should be immediately withdrawn and if the person deliberately performs poorly in order to lose the job and return to benefits, same result...

People need training and that’s not been happening because of free movement and importing cheap skilled labour which someone else has paid for. Like everyone else, at one point in my life I wasn’t trained or educated to do anything. You do something about it, not just sit drawing benefits...

Are you seriously suggesting that there is zero unemployment in that area? That the Job Centre is a desolate wilderness and this is caused by a birth and immigration rate which is too low? I don’t think you believe that for one minute. So why say it? The job offered by Wisper would make a...

The example given by Wisper Bikes is unacceptable. Here is a company offering a decent job and nobody wants it. How can that be right? It’s fair to assume that this is replicated up down the country. A benefits culture which promotes this type of behaviour is totally on acceptable and needs...

This has nothing to do with goodness flowing. This is all about the benefits of culture which has developed over the decades in this country. A culture illustrated by the bicycle manufacturer being unable to attract employees by offering a reasonable wage and a training opportunity. This culture...