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We cancelled Blue Streak in 1960 on several grounds and that meant we had wasted multi millions of pounds. That decision was more than a little controversial. As for replacing our nuclear power generators in this 21st century, the French seem to have us over a barrel. Projects of such enormity...

This link is to a very interesting article and throws a little light on Jeremy Corbyn's decision to sack some of the Blairite faction recently. My reaction to the article is that it is both interesting and controversial; it may help some anti-Corbynists to 'get' where Corbyn is coming from...

Forget the rhetoric; by their deeds ye shall know them! Corbyn asks the question: Tom

The more I look at this, the better I understand why the person who posted it to social media saw something in the likeness....well, of a sort! The first foursome has pretty well disappeared from mainstream popularity and the other four are well on their way towards similar oblivion. Tom

How much credibility should we give to this? 5596910 Tom

'Brexit' - the plan now is......... british-officials-drop-cake-and-eat-it-approach-to-brexit-negotiations Well, I'm glad that's been cleared up then! Tom

This is the tory way: Not content with that, firefighters have been warned not to make any comment about Grenfell........ heroic-grenfell-tower-firefighters-gagged-10722903 Tom

How many UK subjects voted for these people who now have the power to determine your future? Yet, this is called democracy! Tom

The news many of us have been waiting for.......well, almost! Tom

Johnson and Gove have chosen to speak out now in favour of a cessation of the public sector pay cap. That means they now support a policy diametrically opposed to one given their full support repeatedly in the past. The only reason these sham populists are doing this now is exactly the same as...

'Planemo', I'm afraid you cannot assure me. Much as I am sure you would like it to be the case, the police service has not changed in any material way over recent decades. I would not criticise rank and file officers who perform their duties to the best of their ability but at the top of the...

Nationalism - some views from famous people, noted for their intelligence: 9-of-the-worlds-greatest-thinkers-on-the-evils-of-nationalism Tom

'Danidl', I'm sure you didn't mean it so but your comment could easily be viewed as racist. Leaving that aside, what you refer to as 'ungracious' comments by me towards 'Woosh' were based on my perception of his repeated unanswerable questions (by any lay commentator) on the events at Grenfell...

This sums up recent events.....to music! Tom

Just to be clear 'Woosh', this is not a debating chamber so the rules of debate do not apply here. I really don't understand why you imagine that you are entitled to answers to stupid questions. I have no problem responding to relevant, sensible questions on any subject about which I have...

I'm staggered that some people still seem content to accept the promises of a better tomorrow from the clowns responsible for the EU secession negotiations. All of the economic figures we see filtering through, always in the same direction, were predictable, yet we are expected to believe...

You're still doing it 'Woosh'! That is another stupid question and it would be pointless for me to answer it. Returning to my concerns over the arithmetic surrounding the Grenfell incident, I am not alone it seems. Today, the web blogger Mike Sivier who pens his views under the banner, 'Vox...

You seem to be developing a habit of asking really stupid questions 'Woosh'. In this instance, I note the comments from 'Mal69' and I don't think there is anything I need add. Your faith in the government, indeed all four pillars of society plus the fourth estate seems boundless whereas I...

What is OTT about reporting the words of an old man who makes a fair point? Perhaps you think Harry Leslie Smith is wrong when he says that White Star had a list drawn up within days. I believe it is wrong that none of the agencies involved in the Grenfell Tower tragedy has been able to...

........or perhaps they could strike out on their own and form a new democratic political party, calling it.....oh, I don't know - maybe the SDP or something like that? Now that would be revolutionary.....and brave! Oh, wait...