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HS2, a vanity project that will only serve the friends and backers of the tory party, has been in trouble since it was first announced. This report gives a clue to why there are problems: https://www.newcivilengineer.com/quarter-of-hs2-staff-paid-over-100k/10034084.article Tom

I have often wondered what Edvard Munch's inspiration was for his work, 'The Scream' in the latter part of the 19th century. Someone else found some connection and I get it now; it was his way of expressing his thoughts about the tory party and this pic fits rather well with Munch's work - it's...

You mean Welsh dairy farmers would ignore the huge business opportunity presented if Italian imports suddenly shot up in price and would choose to keep their prices low, turning just a small profit, in the interests of consumers? Now that's a novel idea but I can't see it taking off.:( Tom

Well, what do you expect from an internet troll? He's almost beyond description......not quite, but almost! The best description I can think of is one where we jumble up some everyday words and images to see if we can make a well-known phrase from them. This is a tricky one but I'm sure...

Lovely grub! A mutton pie and a bovril was standard half-time fare when I was very young attending football matches in Scotland. Partick Thistle nil, as I recall, provided really good ones courtesy of a local butcher.:) Tom

There are some big shocks ahead. I lunched in a Cambridge restaurant today - not one of the ubiquitous High St places - and the owner there told me he will certainly need to increase prices as Mozzarella is likely to shoot up in price once we leave the EU. He likes to use genuine ingredients...

Oh, if only we could sell off NI to the highest bidder......or perhaps just 'tommie'! I doubt there would be any bidders though!:rolleyes: Tom

Ignorance is bliss, eh 'daveboy'? Seriously, you need to do some research on all of the EU as the whole structure is a model of democratic process. You have fallen into the trap of regurgitating the nonsense spouted by ignorant people - rubbish like denigrating unelected officials' without...

Polls are generally regarded as unreliable yet we have contributors here advocating this poll or that poll and it's become a game of top trumps. My take on it is simple; let's have another 'Brexit' poll as soon as possible, so we may avoid crashing out of the EU as it seems wholly unlikely that...

The figures might be facts but whether they are or not, it's probably indicative of the diaspora of British people elsewhere in Europe: Tom

This is how things work for me and I think it pretty well nails it in my opinion: Tom

I have just read through a lengthy piece by Norman Finkelstein in which he describes the problem faced by Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour movement. To keep things simple, this infographic encapsulates his position on the wider issues so you can choose whether or not to read the fuller version in...

It's not as if we haven't been warned! Tom

We already have the best possible arrangement so any 'deal' negotiated cannot be as sweet as that otherwise some other states might seek to do the same. It's amazing that the liars and cheats on the 'leave' side are still trotting out the same dialogue as two years ago - surely the general...

This is just so unfair!;) Tom

Some thoughts on the evil, fascist regime currently forming the UK government: Meanwhile, for the billionaire, global companies, it's business as usual and IKEA knows its market extremely well so expects to make a profit on these items........ Tom

Ah, that looks better! Tom

UKIP members are all anti-socialist so their votes, if not supporting the government, would go to the yellow-belly, laughable demo-rats and we got a perfect example of their principles when they sought out the best deal for their MPs and opted to support the tories in a despicable coalition in...

Politicians worldwide would serve us all better if they paid heed to the thoughts and vision of the Canadian academic, David Suzuki: Tom

Once again, reality bites! It matters not one jot whether Ford's assessment of their financial predicament is correct or not; any decision to continue in the UK or leave and expand elsewhere, perhaps even creating a new plant, is entirely within their gift and the British government has no...