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Indeed, a very sad end to a remarkable and very capable aeroplane. .

Thanks Neal, I'd wondered about AK so it's good to know he's still actively in the cycling related world. I've got the greatest admiration for what he's achieved, having previously done my own conversion builds in an equally tiny flat, but mine is at least on the ground floor and the builds...

Environmental heros. The damage we've done since that was commonplace is incalculable and we are only now trying to face up to it. Rather unsuccessfully it has to be said. .

This theme could run and run. Pro Putin Russians for example might think Ukraine Put in its place. Best not though, even the most unlikely having fun poked at them can become popular as a result. It's what landed us with Boris Johnson, to our continuing cost. .

Of citizens yes, but MPs and especially ministers enjoy parliamentary privilege to protect them from the law's less fortunate consequences. Having said that I consider Kevin Foster's offer of fruit picking work as aid to Ukrainian refugees as nothing less than disgusting, given the...

Indeed, but here in WW2, that was only the older men or women, never the younger men. I well remember the wheat harvesting in WW2, all the scything being done by the old men. The rest was done by us kids, when necessary during term time marched out of school first thing to the fields. The...

This appears to come under Section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum act of 1999 She as the Secretary of State has made the ruling of the Ukrainians status as refugees in need, but I agree it would be better for the access to NHS services to be specifically mentioned. Though that section is...

You are being disingenuous in reading far too much into my very brief post. As I ended, "What chance for conscientious objectors?" Having been forced by the state to remain, I can guess how anyone refusing to fight would be treated, not only then but for many years to follow. Unlike you I'm...

It's never boring for us to share your experience John, especially misfortune. .

Yes there's lots of complaints about this, but it's because the price cap has been set too low for political reasons. With a near certainty of a further huge increase in the Autumn, the daily charge could be a pound or more then if the cap isn't set more realistically relative to world energy...

I'd realised that, the emphasis in my post was against the Guardian's report which seemed to be trying to infer it was wrong. .

Of course it won't, as I posted Roman said it was specifically for ALL victims, that was always clear. I see nothing wrong in that, soldiers are always victims in war on any side since they dont have the option to say no. Some of ours tried to say no in WW1 and were shot dead by us. I doubt...

The police must have had some reason for saying they didnt think it was suspicious, but I'm sure it will be quietly looked into, maybe with a post mortem. .

The other reason it amused me was it reminded me of a character from the TV comedy series "To the Manor Born* in which class concious Audrey fforbes-Hamilton was force to sell her estate to wealthy Richard de Vere, whose origins were eastern European. deVere's mother was always on about "the...

This amused me, his mother outlives him and may be thinking her dream is coming true with current events: "His mother, who the Sun reported lived in a neighbouring apartment in his villa and was at home when his body was found, was said to have insisted on keeping her Soviet ID in a safe. “She...

The Western notion that Russia is aiming to partition Ukraine leaving a free Western half may be a big mistake. With the whole city of Kherson now taken and all the surrounding towns, the Russian land forces are very close to Ukraine's vital port of Odessa. Meanwhile on sea Russian warships...

Or even more appropriately Dioxin, used in 2004 to poison Ukraine's presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko. Doubly appropriate since dioxin is a component of the Agent Orange defoliant so extensively used by the USA in the Vietman war. .

Of course, I'd already posted that earlier. But again as I posted earlier twice, Turkey cannot and will not block Russian southern fleet ships returning to their southern fleet base, and there being a war does not change that, as Turkey has confirmed. And again as I've posted before, being...

It was inevitable since they've long said they were neutral on Western and Russian relations. Thus they are NATO members while President Erdogan as a kindred spirit is a personal friend of Vladimir Putin. Thus they block all warships entry to the Black Sea during the present conflict but...

There will be a huge net profit since he's written off the massive loans he's made to the club, so no payback from the probable 2 billion the club will sell for. And yes, the payments are for ALL victims of the war, and since it will be this UK based charitable foundation making them, I think...