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I'm just trying to imagine how many of these you'd need in order to replace the capacity of even something modest like, for example, UK internal flights. Although huge, they have limited passenger capacity, are slow so we'd need many of them, and how would they stand up to Arwen?

It It isn't Starmer. It isn't about the event. It is about the attitude. We need to trust those in power to act in our interests. This shows numerous issues. When Johnson was in hospital, there was great concern that there were too few healthy and able to actually keep government going. To...

Might not have the legs to really cause a problem but: Raab has admitted it would have been a breach of Covid restrictions if a Christmas party was held in No 10 Downing Street in the run up to last Christmas; a party the prime minister does not deny took place. That follows reports Boris...

And Johnson has jumped onto "Little Arthur". And the Covid inquiry has not yet started - so has not turned up any more crap. And they are going to be claiming wonders for the Covid pill(s). (Sure as hell, I hope I don't end up having to decide whether or not to take them. I am deeply sceptical...

Have the tories demonstrated even slightly greater competence (other than where they stand to make out of their decisions/actions)? Could be a dangerous approach. There is little that has been done by the coalition or the tories since then to help even marginally to prevent more r less the same...

Is anyone surprised? In 2014, when David Cameron was prime minister, 48% of voters believed politicians were “out merely for themselves” as opposed to their country or party. This had increased to 57% by May 2021 after nearly two years of Johnson in No 10, and leapt to 63% last week in the wake...

I can't see any reason to agree that it is progressing in any particular direction. Could get better or worse at each step.

Mine is (they claim) 2000 lumens. Which, as you'll be aware, is incredibly bright in a focussed beam. Impressed as it has a 21700 cell and, unlike my previous bright torch, lasts a long time between charges. Especially if used near half-way in brightness. (That one was quite nice, except the...

I have a pretty powerful torch - which gets very warm if used on high brightness for extended periods. Can't help thinking that there should be a way of using the heat from whatever lighting you use to warm your hands - rather than having that dispersing to the environment while needing to have...

Is there a proposed reason for this? (Haven't watched it and find him tedious to watch even when I have some interest in what he says.)

I had mine over two weeks ago and apart from a slightly sore arm, hardly worth mentioning but more than the AstraZeneca injections, which were nothing. There again, the minor arm discomfort from the AstraZeneca didn't start for many weeks. And that only meant a bit of an itchy feeling and a...

I found it very hard to believe that there was another viable approach to Covid other than: Finding some very effective medicine which can be taken after infection that effectively cures us. A vaccine. Significant progress on treatments is a big positive. But not if they are only available...

Do you remember her? 'Kraken' lawyer Sidney Powell and her band of pro-Trump lawyers are ordered to pay $175,000 for their election fraud lawsuit in Michigan Sidney Powell, Lin Wood and seven other lawyers filed frivolous lawsuits They threatened to 'release the Kraken' to destroy Biden's...

A bunny up yer bummy.

Man ended up in A&E due to something stuck up his rectum. His story is that he had diarrhoea but needed to travel somewhere. He placed a mustard jar under him to catch any accidental release but, as the car went over a speedbump, it got pushed in. A&E sent him to theatre where it was removed...

The Mirror (rightly) points at the confusion being caused. But I'd also point out that people who are thoughtful wear short-sleeved shirts (or equivalently access-enabling alternatives) when going for injections into their upper-arms.

I hate complicated forum facilities. The simple form of Reply works adequately for my purposes and, most of the time, I have no intention of doing anything more complex.

Most particularly at Wembley - more than 2000 more than...

This engenders a deeply unpleasant wish - that everyone who attends goes down with Covid. Preferably with plenty of well-documented evidence of non-mask-wearing, mistletoe snogging, groping, unfaithfulness to partners, and a few fights thrown in. Some food poisoning wouldn't go amiss... Dowden...

Obviously cannot happen in the UK with their test and trace fiasco...