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I'm glad I ordered a new car when I did as I fear, had I left it till the 17 reg plate comes out, all imported car prices will have risen significantly. Tom

It's good to know that 75% of students are intelligent! Tom

I don't know whether or not it would be legal but I suspect the police and courts would probably go down the road of 'noxious substance' and they get a bit frightened because of any possible terrorist connection with stuff like that. Remember Sarin in the Tokyo subway system? Tom

Presuming that you already have a cycle rack fitted through the rear bodywork of your truck, the manufacturer, Fiamma or whoever, will have provided a maximum limit per channel and a total overall weight for the rack. It is not smart to overload such a rack. However, Fiamma began producing...

Sorry Dave but I have to disagree with that view. Were that the case, none of the injustices I mentioned would have been re-addressed. Really, the money is an irrelevance and a distraction from the point. If it can be demonstrated that a tory government (or any government), authorised their...

So, a tory Home Secretary has decreed there should be no proper examination of police conduct at Orgreave Colliery in 1984. No surprise there but with no surprise comes no justice. If there is nothing to hide, why not re-examine all that happened in the coalfields and uncover those who gave...

Further to my last, I found this elsewhere on t' interweb and I'm sure many of the older generation, not only in the Celtic parts of the kingdom,will recall similar experiences of Halloween: 'As a kid growing up in 1970s Edinburgh, there was no such thing as “trick or treat.” We went guising...

I love it Dave! Better still, find yourself an agent and a marginal seat somewhere and stand as an independent. Tom

That's a fair point Trex! On reflection, it may have been better to postpone the referendum till there was a plan or two in place. Perhaps, two or three scenarios from which to select would have attracted more sensible responses? Really, none of us should have the right to exercise our vote...

With respect, that reserve seems a tad on the high side but I wish you luck. Tom

Absolutely! 90% of those who supported the idea had literally no idea of what they were getting themselves into........well, not just themselves - that is the saddest part! Some say ignorance is bliss - really? Tom

Although the EU Common Fisheries Policy has provided fairness where none existed previously, there are still many in the UK who decry the policy, believing that our former, massive, trawler fleet should still rule the waves. Fish stocks management has been improved hugely thanks to EU...

While we encourage our children to partake in the Americanised version of what may arguably be a pagan ceremony at the end of October, others find more important things to do in celebrating the onset of All Saints Day with its Christian heritage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37818371 Tom

Today,I have read two poems. The first was brought to mind during a country walk and most should know it, if not all of it. I refer to 'Ode to Autumn' by John Keats which is very descriptive of this moment between summer and the onset of winter. The other, which I wasn't aware of at all, was...

Congratulation Dave! That was post #6000 in this thread which has probably had more in-depth discussion here than in parliament! Tom

The Business Secretary, Greg Clark, (no, I couldn't have named the incumbent of that post either), has stated that Carney, the BofE Governor, has done a tremendous job. He didn't say exactly how and I'm at a loss to understand.o_O Perhaps one of our august contributors here can add the extra...

With interest rates so low, I'm surprised UK PLC hasn't taken out a mortgage to fund the projects we are told are essential to the nation's future prosperity. HS2/3/4, airport expansion and anything else our bought politicians tell us we need could be underway within a few months if the cash...

Is that a mistake or am I missing something?:confused: By my reckoning, four old pennies as a percentage of an old pound, (240d), comes out as 1.666% Tom

You could have swept up some of those leaves! Tom

Now it's the turn of Apple, a large American-based company, to increase prices of their products in the UK market: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37799235 The odd few pence on some imported items on supermarket shelves may not hurt us too much but as time goes on with such a weak...